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Tao Te Ching

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Tao Te Ching

Summary

Tao Te Ching is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.6% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,981 views/month, #172 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tao Te Ching authored Laozi[3].
  • Tao Te Ching's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Tao Te Ching's instance of is recorded as Chinese classics[5].
  • Tao Te Ching's instance of is recorded as religious text[6].
  • Tao Te Ching's instance of is recorded as Taoist literature[7].
  • Tao Te Ching's genre is religious text[8].
  • Tao Te Ching's genre is Taoist literature[9].
  • Tao Te Ching's Commons category is recorded as Tao Te Ching[10].
  • Tao Te Ching's country of origin is recorded as China[11].
  • Tao Te Ching comprises Q10263937[12].
  • Tao Te Ching's has edition or translation is recorded as Tao Te King[13].
  • Tao Te Ching's has edition or translation is recorded as Tao-te-king[14].
  • Tao Te Ching's has edition or translation is recorded as Q18676615[15].
  • Tao Te Ching's has edition or translation is recorded as 老子道徳経[16].
  • Tao Te Ching's has edition or translation is recorded as 도덕경[17].
  • Tao Te Ching's has edition or translation is recorded as Tao Te Ching (Konissi)[18].
  • Tao Te Ching's has edition or translation is recorded as Đạo Đức kinh[19].
  • Tao Te Ching's has edition or translation is recorded as Q18676701[20].
  • Tao Te Ching's has edition or translation is recorded as Le Livre de la Voie et de la Ligne-droite[21].
  • Tao Te Ching's has edition or translation is recorded as Tao Te Ching (Parinetto)[22].
  • Tao Te Ching's has edition or translation is recorded as Tao Te Ching[23].
  • Tao Te Ching's has edition or translation is recorded as Dao De Jing[24].
  • Tao Te Ching's has edition or translation is recorded as Q18676706[25].
  • Tao Te Ching's has edition or translation is recorded as Daodejing (Wang Bi)[26].
  • Tao Te Ching's has edition or translation is recorded as Laozi (Huixiao bian)[27].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b4327c63-49d2-4ddd-83cc-661e2a378341[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Tao Te Ching authored Laozi[3].

Publication

Genres include religious text[8] and Taoist literature[9].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include Chinese philosophy[30] and Taoism[31].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Tao Te Ching include 01.AI[32], an enterprise[33], in People's Republic of China[34], founded in 2023[35], headquartered in Beijing[36].

Why It Matters

Tao Te Ching ranks in the top 0.6% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,981 views/month, #172 of 28,446).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 118 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for it include 01.AI[32], an enterprise[33], in People's Republic of China[34], founded in 2023[35], headquartered in Beijing[36].

Related Entities

China Laozi literary work The Neverending Story

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Charp238 · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → China
    Title → {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '道德經'}
    Main subject → Chinese philosophy, Taoism
    Published in → Q139736052
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  2. 24d ago · Charp238 · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Catalog code → 664
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  3. 25d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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