• OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    If you look into the original sources, it gets confusing pretty quickly. There’s a bunch of other sources (e.g. the zhuangzi) that assign quotes to Lao Tzu, but they’re probably made up.

    However, Lao Tzu probably didn’t write the Tao Te Ching, so 🤷‍♂️.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi

    Basically, by making shit up and saying Lao Tzu said it, tiktok is continuing a long Chinese tradition.