It is clearly stated in the first two lines of the book that Lao Tzu will not attempt to describe God. However, many scholars understand the title Dao De Jing to mean, The Book of The Way and its Virtues, or the Book of the Virtues of the Way. The Way of the King is the Way which we must follow in order to become rulers, or masters. We are all called to reign over creation, of which our human natures are an integral part. Lao Tzu uses the word ‘king' or ‘ruler' here in the same way as Book of Wisdom does - it refers to the one who reigns. The title of the book Tao Teh Ching (Dao De Jing) is sometimes said to mean ‘The Way of the King'. This is probably the reason why Lao Tzu chose the word Tao as a symbol for the Unnameable. The symbol 道 is called Tao and was used as the symbol of heaven because of the horizontal bar on top, signifying that the foundation of all is in heaven. Jesus' Wayist teachers and devotees may have helped Paul to start his reform movement, the Christians, but were not instrumental in writing or teaching for that Judaic reformation movement. The religion which started from the Buddha's teaching is called the Fourfold Way and the Persian religion sometimes referred to as Zoroastrianism was called The Way, Krishna's Gita tradition is called the Threefold Way. The concept of The Way Things Are is common in philosophy of religion. The ancient Chinese word Tao means the Way, which was also the name of the Yesu movement East and West. This was an age that would transform the future of humanity forever - preparing the soil for Yesu's mystical teaching of unification that was to come. During this century Socrates, Plato and Aristotle lived in Greece, Lao Tzu and Confucius lived in China, Zoroaster lived in Persia and Siddharta Gautama the Buddha lived in India. The church refers to the time in which Lao Tzu lived as the period of the Great Awakening in this race's history. It was written by the philosopher called Lao Tzu, whose name means ‘old man'. The book Tao Teh Ching originated in China at about 600 BC.
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