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...
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...

Zhuangzi

male
Zhuangzi (Traditional: 莊子; Simplified: 庄子, Pinyin: Zhuāng Zǐ, Wade-Giles: Chuang Tzŭ, "lit". "Master Zhuang") was an influential Chinese philosopher...
Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu

male
Sun Tzu was the author of "The Art of War", an immensely influential ancient Chinese book on military strategy. He is also one of the earliest...
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...

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...
Wei Wu Wei

Wei Wu Wei

male, deceased (1986)
Terence Gray (1895 - 1986), better known by the pen name Wei Wu Wei, was a 20th century Taoist philosopher and writer.
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...