In the locker room after Michigan's overtime victory over Kansas, Horford was in a corner of the locker room reading "Tao Te Ching," a Chinese text written around the 6th century BC.
She told Xena that she writes down all of her wisdom in Lao Tzu's book so that he will be remembered as a great and wise ruler.
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(Note that in reality, Lao Tzu was a revered Chinese philosopher, but in the TV series Lao Ma left her wisdom in his name so that he can be remembered as a benevolent ruler. Also, while Chinese tradition considers his real-life namesake to be the author of the Tao Te Ching, the ancient book which Lao Ma's sayings allude to, Western scholarship does not recognise him as the book's author; in fact, its authorship is unknown.)
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Here are some quotes from Lao Ma and some of the relevant passages from the Tao Te Ching.
In this book he draws an interesting parallel between the nearly contemporaries Lao Zi (see Tao Te Ching) and Heraclitus: the river of the Greek is compared to the Dao of the Chinese.
Many Chinese artists, including poets, painters, calligraphers, and even gardeners have used the Daodejing as a source of inspiration.
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Philosopher Zhuangzi abstracted and modified this word from an earlier classic of Taoism - Laozi's Tao Te Ching, in which it states:“上士闻道，勤而行之。”, which means taking effort and practicing.
The Way to Life: At the Heart of the Tao Te Ching is Benjamin Hoff's first work about Taoism.