Possible Clues:

• Taoism founder
• Founder of Taoism
• Philosopher who said 'A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step'
• Father of Taoism
• Contemporary of Confucius
• 'Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy' philosopher
• Chinese philosopher
• 'The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao' philosopher
• 'Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful' espouser