1837 print LAO-TZU ON WATER BUFFALO, ANCIENT CHINA (#21)

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1837 print LAO-TZU ON WATER BUFFALO, ANCIENT CHINA (#21):
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Chine_21 1837 print LAO-TZU ON WATER BUFFALO, ANCIENT CHINA (#21)

Print from steel engraving titled Lao-Tseu sur unBoeuf / Lao-Tseu auf einem Ochsen, publishedin a volume of L\'Univers, Histoire et description de tous lespeuples, approx. image size 7.5 x 12 cm, nice hand coloring.

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Lao-tzu,

flourished 6th century BC, China, Pinyin Laozi(Chinese: “Master Lao,” or “Old Master”), original name (Wade-Gilesromanization) Li Erh, deified as Lao-chün, T\'ai-shang Lao-chün,or T\'ai-shang Hsüan-yüan Huang-ti, also called Lao Tun, or LaoTan the first philosopher of Chinese Taoism and alleged author ofthe Tao-te Ching, a primary Taoist writing. Modern scholarsdiscount the possibility that the Tao-te Ching was written byonly one person but readily acknowledge the influence of Taoismon the development of Buddhism. Lao-tzu is venerated as aphilosopher by Confucianists and as a saint or god by some of thecommon people and was worshiped as an imperial ancestor duringthe T\'ang dynasty (618–907).

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