In its 5,000-year history China produced many philosophers, and the 5,000-character Dao De Jing (The Book of the Way and Its Virtue) by Laozi is well known worldwide for its profundity. This bilingual book has phonetic annotations for Chinese characters and a preface summarizing the philosophy of Laozi and its artistic features, plus 100 pictures related to Dao De Jing or Taoist deities.
