This text claims that "the people's hunger is due to the excess of their ruler's taxation".
This text claims that "the people's hunger is due to the excess of their ruler's taxation". That is from its 75th section, and this work then states that softness is the way of life while hardness is the way of death, and nothing is softer or weaker than water. At its beginning, this work claims that people with desire sense its manifestations, while people without desire sense its essence. Its main subject is constant in non-action, so there is nothing that it does not do. This work was written in the sixth century BCE or soon thereafter, and its name can be translated as Classic on the Way of Integrity. Name this philosophical and religious work written in Chinese, probably by Lao Tzu.
This text claims that "the people's hunger is due to the excess of their ruler's taxation".
Tao Te Ching [prompt on Lao zi or Lao Tzu]