What you call "Tao Te Ching" is actually "Laozi". Many experts and scholars have always had great disputes about its author. Especially there are different records on the content. This problem has always been Lasted until 1973! !

In 1973, a batch of cultural relics were unearthed from the Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha, Hunan, which caused a worldwide sensation. Among them was a scroll of silk, which attracted great attention from countless experts, scholars and Taoist enthusiasts. Because it contains the complete record of "Laozi", which has a history of more than 2,000 years. Its appearance has solved the disputes between various schools and experts and scholars on the content of "Laozi", because it is the earliest record discovered so far (it is It was written on silk by people more than 2,000 years ago), so it should be closest to the original work in terms of content, form and thoughts to be expressed. The article is divided into two parts, the first part is De , the next chapter is Tao; and our current readings about Laozi all have the Dao chapter in the front and the De chapter in the back (I don’t know the reason). This may be the "Tao Te Ching" you are talking about. It was originally called the "De Dao Jing" For the sake of it! !