Confucius

Confucius

male
Confucius (lit. "Master Kung," 551 BCE - 479 BCE) was an esteemed Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have...
Laozi

Laozi

male
Laozi (also Lao Tse, Laotze, Lao Zi, and other variations) was a philosopher of ancient China and an important figure in Taoism (also called...
Alan Watts

Alan Watts

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...
Mantak Chia

Mantak Chia

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...

Thomas Cleary

male
Thomas Cleary (b. 1949) is a prolific, and somewhat reclusive, author and translator of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian and Muslim religious...
Benjamin Hoff

Benjamin Hoff

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...
Gia-Fu Feng

Gia-Fu Feng

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...
Zhang Daoling

Zhang Daoling

male
Zhang Daoling, also commonly called Zhang Ling, was an Eastern Han dynasty (2nd Century CE) Taoist hermit who founded the Zhengyi Mengwei Tianshi...
Wang Bi

Wang Bi

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...
Li Bai

Li Bai

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...