Not much is known about Lao Tzu but that he is associated with the start of Taoism. He is believed to have lived from 604 -531 BCE, a lifetime which overlaps with that of Confucius, but no one knows for sure if he was real or not, or even lived within that time frame. He had been searching for a way to avoid fighting and ended up writing the “Tao te Ching”. After Taoism became a religion, people decided to venerate Lao Tzu as a deity.
