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- Confucius (lit. "Master Kung," 551 BCE - 479 BCE) was an esteemed Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have...
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- Laozi (also Lao Tse, Laotze, Lao Zi, and other variations) was a philosopher of ancient China and an important figure in Taoism (also called...
- male, deceased (1973)
- Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 - November 16, 1973) was a philosopher, writer, speaker, and expert in comparative religion. He was best known...
- male, 65 years old
- Mantak Chia is an author, teacher and self-described healer. He is known for his books and teachings on Taoism, qigong and Taoist sexuality. Mantak...
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- Thomas Cleary (b. 1949) is a prolific, and somewhat reclusive, author and translator of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian and Muslim religious...
- male, 63 years old
- Benjamin Hoff (born 1946) is an author based in the United States. Two of his books on Taoism, "The Tao of Pooh" and "The Te of Piglet", were on...
- male, deceased (1985)
- Gia-fu Feng (b.1919, d.1985) was prominent as both an English translator (with his wife, Jane English) of Daoist classics and a Daoist teacher in...
- male
- Zhang Daoling, also commonly called Zhang Ling, was an Eastern Han dynasty (2nd Century CE) Taoist hermit who founded the Zhengyi Mengwei Tianshi...
- male, deceased (249)
- Wang Bi, courtesy name Fu Si (辅嗣), was a Chinese philosopher. His most important works are commentaries on Laozi's "Dao De Jing" and the "I Chin...
- male, deceased (762)
- Li Bai or Li Po (701-762) was a Chinese poet who lived during the Tang Dynasty. Called the Poet Immortal, Li Bai is often regarded, along with Du...
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