The Tao Te Ching The Way of the Power is referred to as the Laozi and is one of only several ancient Chinese texts in existence. The text's true authorship and date of writing is unknown, although the oldest excavated copy dates back to the late 4th century BC, around the time of Adam and eve was in the Garden of Eden, Cain kills his brother Abel and the bronze age provides better weapons for men to kill each other. The Way of the Power was reduced to 34 chapters from 81 by the author. It's an example of Asian culture's way it stored and passed on Asian wisdom and knowledge, but updated using 21st century principles of modern psychology, Physics, Engineering and Roman Catholic and Protestant Christian religious theology for easier reading versus the way in which the West developed and used libraries and books on science, philosophy, architecture etc during the same time to do the same. The ideas are condensed to singular; the style is poetic. The rhetorical style now combines short, declarative statements and "possible" intentional contradictions for the reader to exercise their reasoning and deduction skills. The first lines create memorable phrases, while the second forces the reader to create their own understanding of the possible contradictions. The Tao Te Ching The Way of Power is one of just a few fundamental text for Taoist, Legalists, Confucius, Daosts and Buddhist followers to study as the Western Christian Bible is studied, which when it was first introduced, was interpreted through the Daoist words and concepts. The author includes many original Chinese art works including poetry, paintings, calligraphy and gardeners, and many artists used the Tao Te Ching for inspiration. Its influence spread widely outside Asia as well, and is among the most translated text in world literature due to the lack of ancient texts from Asian cultures. The Wade-Giles romanization for the "Tao Te Ching" dates back to early English transliterations in the late 19th century; its influence can be seen in words and phrases that are well established in English. The passages are purposefully ambiguous, and topics range from political advice for rulers to practical wisdom for everyday people. Because the variety of interpretation is limitless, not only for different people but for the same person over time, readers should avoid making claims of objectivity or definability. Its for those serious readers who want to have a mind expanding experience, one that will broadens one's ability to understand the less demanding Western texts while increasing one's wisdom and knowledge of the universe around us