Talk:Lao Tse

Questions/comments:

• What really is the most common spelling of this name in English? We should use that for the title. I'm not sure it is "Laozi."
• "or perhaps even she" -- does anyone think that Lao Tse was, or even could have been, a woman? I'm skeptical.
• "Various reports have him living somewhere between the 2nd and 6th century BC" -- we can't do better than that?
• "Lao Zi is believed by some to have been a contemporary of Confucius (551-479 BC), and by others to be a teacher of Confucius." - Again, some sources here would be helpful. Saying "some believe X, others believe Y" does not help anyone to evaluate the merits of X and Y. To do that, we need to know who says X and Y, and why, and whether their opinions hold any weight among those who know about the subject.
• "...but one popular account goes something like this..." There is no reason for what follows to be in bold and italics, right? Or even inset, or in quotation marks? That isn't actually a quotation, is it? If not, make it part of the text. (If anyone has ever actually said that.
• "Some accounts of the story have Lao Tsu traveling to India upon his departure and becoming known as Buddha" -- something that interesting and dramatic needs more explanation and also a better source than some website.

--Larry Sanger 13:43, 18 January 2008 (CST)