The representative figures of Taoism are Laozi, Zhuangzi and Liezi.

1. Lao Tzu: His surname is Li Ming'er, his courtesy name is Dan, his courtesy name is Boyang, or his posthumous title is Boyang. In the late Spring and Autumn Period, his birth and death dates are unknown. He was an ancient Chinese thinker, philosopher, writer and historian, and the founder and main representative of Taoism. Laozi's thought has a profound influence on the development of Chinese philosophy, and the core of his thought is simple dialectics. In politics, Laozi advocates governing by doing nothing and teaching without words. In terms of skills and techniques, Lao Tzu emphasizes the principle that things must be reversed when they reach their extremes.

2. Zhuangzi: a thinker, philosopher, and writer in the mid-Warring States Period. His surname is Zhuang, his surname is Zhou, and he is from the Song Dynasty. His ancestor was the Duke of Song Dynasty, the king of Song Dynasty. He founded Zhuangxue, an important philosophical school in China, and was a representative figure of Taoism in the Warring States Period after Laozi. Together with Lao Tzu, he was called Lao Zhuang. Zhuangzi first proposed the idea of ??"inner sage and outer king", which had a profound impact on Confucianism. His "three tones" thought is consistent with the "three talents" in the "Book of Changes".

3. Liezi: surnamed Lie, given name Yukou, a native of Putian, Zheng State (now Zhengzhou City, Henan Province). Ancient books also write that Lieyukou, Lieyukou or Ziliezi was born at the same time as Zheng Mugong during the period of King Weilie of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Philosophers, thinkers, writers, and representatives of Taoism during the Warring States Period. He practiced Taoism all his life and studied under Guan Yinzi, Huqiuzi, Lao Shangshi, Zhibo Gaozi, etc.