The Tao Te Ching is the seminal Taoist text, originally composed during the 4th Century b.c.e. in China by Lao Tzu. Tao, also known as "the way", is an Eastern Philosophical concept relating to the natural unfolding process of mind as revealed through life. The Tao Te Ching is composed of 87 short chapters, written poetically, that can be viewed similarly to Buddhist Koans, word puzzles that naturally help the ego mind realize its true essence. Wu-wei (non-doing), and Fu (the return of all things to essence) concurrently reappear as themes throughout the text, further elaborating on an ancient system of thought that synthesizes the duality of yin and yang into a concept of totality.
