Legend of the Origin of the Book Tao Te Ching on Lao-tzu’s Road into Exile
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Legend of the Origin of the Book Tao Te Ching on Lao-tzu’s Road into Exile is a poem by Bertolt Brecht that imaginatively recounts how the Tao Te Ching came to be written during Lao-tzu’s departure into exile.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Legend of the Origin of the Book Tao Te Ching on Lao-tzu’s Road into Exile Context triple: [Svendborg Poems, hasPart, Legend of the Origin of the Book Tao Te Ching on Lao-tzu’s Road into Exile]
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Tao Te Ching
The Tao Te Ching is an ancient Chinese philosophical and spiritual classic, traditionally attributed to Laozi, that expounds the principles of the Tao and serves as a foundational text of Taoism.
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The Tao Is Silent
The Tao Is Silent is a philosophical book by Raymond Smullyan that playfully explores Taoist thought through paradoxes, dialogues, and logical puzzles.
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History of Chinese Political Thought During the Early Qin Period
History of Chinese Political Thought During the Early Qin Period is a seminal scholarly work by Liang Qichao that systematically analyzes the development of Chinese political ideas and philosophies prior to the Qin dynasty’s unification.
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Lingbao scriptures
The Lingbao scriptures are a major corpus of early medieval Daoist religious texts that systematized Daoist cosmology, ritual, and soteriology and became foundational within the Daoist canon.
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E.
Inner Chapters of the Zhuangzi
The Inner Chapters of the Zhuangzi are the core, philosophically central sections of the Daoist classic Zhuangzi, traditionally regarded as its most authentic and influential part.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Legend of the Origin of the Book Tao Te Ching on Lao-tzu’s Road into Exile Target entity description: Legend of the Origin of the Book Tao Te Ching on Lao-tzu’s Road into Exile is a poem by Bertolt Brecht that imaginatively recounts how the Tao Te Ching came to be written during Lao-tzu’s departure into exile.
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A.
Tao Te Ching
The Tao Te Ching is an ancient Chinese philosophical and spiritual classic, traditionally attributed to Laozi, that expounds the principles of the Tao and serves as a foundational text of Taoism.
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B.
The Tao Is Silent
The Tao Is Silent is a philosophical book by Raymond Smullyan that playfully explores Taoist thought through paradoxes, dialogues, and logical puzzles.
-
C.
History of Chinese Political Thought During the Early Qin Period
History of Chinese Political Thought During the Early Qin Period is a seminal scholarly work by Liang Qichao that systematically analyzes the development of Chinese political ideas and philosophies prior to the Qin dynasty’s unification.
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D.
Lingbao scriptures
The Lingbao scriptures are a major corpus of early medieval Daoist religious texts that systematized Daoist cosmology, ritual, and soteriology and became foundational within the Daoist canon.
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E.
Inner Chapters of the Zhuangzi
The Inner Chapters of the Zhuangzi are the core, philosophically central sections of the Daoist classic Zhuangzi, traditionally regarded as its most authentic and influential part.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| depicts | the Tao Te Ching being written at a border station ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasForm | narrative poem ⓘ |
| hasReception |
discussed in scholarship on Brecht and Eastern philosophy
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studied in comparative literature ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
political power
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relationship between ruler and sage ⓘ wisdom ⓘ writing and transmission of texts ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Chinese philosophical tradition
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traditional legend of the writing of the Tao Te Ching ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
modernism
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linked to:
Modernism
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| literaryTechnique |
allusion to classical Chinese texts
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irony ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Laozi ⓘ |
| medium | written text ⓘ |
| mentions | a customs officer or border guard ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Legende von der Entstehung des Buches Taoteking auf dem Weg des Laotse in die Emigration ⓘ |
| partOf | Bertolt Brecht’s poetic oeuvre ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext |
Brecht’s reflections on power and knowledge
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Taoist philosophy ⓘ |
| portrays | Laozi as an old teacher leaving his country ⓘ |
| setting | Laozi’s departure into exile ⓘ |
| subject |
Tao Te Ching
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Taoism ⓘ authorship legend ⓘ exile ⓘ |
| workOf | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
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Subject: Legend of the Origin of the Book Tao Te Ching on Lao-tzu’s Road into Exile Description of subject: Legend of the Origin of the Book Tao Te Ching on Lao-tzu’s Road into Exile is a poem by Bertolt Brecht that imaginatively recounts how the Tao Te Ching came to be written during Lao-tzu’s departure into exile.
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Svendborg Poems
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Legend of the Origin of the Book Tao Te Ching on Lao-tzu’s Road into Exile
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Legend of the Origin of the Book Tao Te Ching on Lao-tzu’s Road into Exile
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originalTitle
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Legende von der Entstehung des Buches Taoteking auf dem Weg des Laotse in die Emigration
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linked to: Legend of the Origin of the Book Tao Te Ching on Lao-tzu’s Road into Exile