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name: lao-tzu-c6th-bce
description: Apply the Lao Tzu — Tao Te Ching article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# Lao Tzu — Tao Te Ching

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/lao-tzu-c6th-bce). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/lao-tzu-c6th-bce.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/lao-tzu-c6th-bce/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

The Source Lao Tzu Laozi . Tao Te Ching also Dao De Jing . c. 6th–4th century BCE. Ancient China. Traditional attribution to a sage of the Zhou court; modern scholars dispute authorship and date some passages to the 4th–3rd century BCE. No 

## Representations

- Human: /a/lao-tzu-c6th-bce
- JSON: /api/articles/lao-tzu-c6th-bce
- Relationships: /api/articles/lao-tzu-c6th-bce/topology
- History: /api/articles/lao-tzu-c6th-bce/revisions
