Lao Tze - Dao Te Jing

July 31, 2007 | By User Image bokjae | In Christianity, Culture

Written a post on History Talks just a few days ago and having made reference to two ancient Chinese historical books “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” and Sun Tsu on the “Art of War”; I feel like sharing from yet another famous ancient Chinese book and that is the Book by Lao Tze titled “Dao Te Jing”. This book was the foundation on which the whole religion of Taoism started. Basically I wonder whether Lao Tze started any religion at all! Just like Jesus, I doubt very much He started Christianity! Usually it was the people who referred to the disciples or followers of the Teacher either Taoist or Christians. What is the connection between the teachings of Christ and Lao Tse? Amazingly there are some relevance.

In Lao Tze’s book he wrote the following statements as re-produced here :-

“Something mysterious already made, Existing before heaven and earth, In the silence and the void, Standing alone and unchanging, Ever present in constant cyclic motion, Perhaps He is the source of myriads of things, I do not know His name, Call Him ‘DAO” For lack of a better word, I call Him ‘Almighty’.

(Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.)

“Men follow the earth, The earth follows the heavens, The physical heaven follows the Dao, The Dao follows His own way.”

(Exodus 3:14 & 15 I AM THAT I AM.)

“The Dao exists as one, One exists as two, Two exists as three, And three creates everything.”

(1John 5:7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.)

From the Scripture references given, it looked like Lao Tze was talking about this Almighty God who created the heavens and the earth, and this God is a Three in One Entity! Was it a coincidence that Lao Tze discovered these truths or was it a revelation given to Lao Tze on who is this Being that made the heavens and the earth? Subsequently his followers made his teachings into a religion and digressed from it and people called them Taoists.

For more on such amazing Chinese ancient teachings that have a relevance to the Bible like the famous saying of Confucius on the philosophy of living a perfect life, please refer to my earlier posts on Chinese Keystrokes 1; 2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5 .