This app will allow you to read, listen and journal about The Tao Te Ching, an ancient Taoist text. Taoism is an ancient Chinese philosophy and religion that instructs believers on how to exist in harmony with the universe. The Tao Te Ching, or “The Way and Its Power,” is a collection of poetry and sayings from around the third and fourth centuries B.C.E. that guides Taoist thought and actions.