The Tao-Te Ching: Lao-Tzu's Ideal Government

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The Tao-te Ching is political philosophical writing by Lao-Tzu that describes his ideal government. Lao-Tzu was always concerned about the people and their feeling towards the government, he believes that in order for a government to become successful it need to form stronger relations with its own people. Lau-Tzu's writing is almost like a type of guide with the purpose of helping people achieve freedom and control of their own individual life with no worry of some higher power having any interference. Throughout the reading the term: Tao is a word that can be loosely translates as "the way" or " the way to enlightenment". Tao itself seems to take on many different forms such as god, or existence itself, However, because the Tao is never truly