Any philosophy may be converted into practical knowledge, and even in ancient times Laozi influenced the Legalists, the Military Strategists and the Political Strategists, seemingly showing his pioneering role in the development of Chinese leadership and governmental techniques in the Warring States period.
任何哲學都可能被轉化為實用知識，自古來老子影響了法家、兵家、縱橫家，儼然中國領導統御之術的先鋒。