Laozi
579 BC–500 BC
6th-century BC semi-legendary Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism
writer · archivist · philosopher
Born in Chu
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Laozi:
- Confucius (550 BC–478 BC)
- Pythagoras (582 BC–490 BC)
- Aesop (619 BC–563 BC)
- Sun Tzu (543 BC–495 BC)
- Thales (624 BC–545 BC)
- Aeschylus (524 BC–455 BC)
- Cyrus the Great (599 BC–529 BC)
- Heraclitus (534 BC–470 BC)