Lao Tzu was an ancient Chinese philosopher, writer, and founder of philosophical Taoism. Historians believe he lived sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE. JAMES LEGGE (1815-1897) was a Scottish linguist, missionary, sinologist, and translator. Legge represented the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong (1840-1873) and was the first Professor of Chinese at Oxford University (1876-1897). In association with Max M�ller he prepared the monumental Sacred Books of the East series, published in fifty volumes between 1879 and 1891. Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (1870-1966) was a Japanese-American Buddhist monk, essayist, philosopher, scholar, translator, and writer. His writings on Buddhism, Zen, and Shin were instrumental in spreading interest in Eastern philosophy to the West. Suzuki was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Japanese, and Sanskrit literature. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1963.
"""Some of the wisdom of the Tao Te Ching is absolutely necessary for us not only to progress but even to survive."" -Thomas Merton"