老子是人类轴心期的重要思想家 ,他在中国哲学史上最突出的贡献是使道获得了本原、本体的内涵。该道具有实有而无形、超越感官和语言、浑朴虚静、兼赅有无、独立永恒、自然无为的特征 ,是一个十分特殊的存在 ,而非一般的物质或精神实体。他关于道的思想蕴藏着丰富的科学、社会人生价值 Lao Tzu is an important thinker in the axis of humanity. His most outstanding contribution in the history of Chinese philosophy is that Dao gained the original and noumenon connotation. It is a very special existence, not a general physical or spiritual entity, which is characterized by being real and invisible, transcending the senses and language, being simple and empty, and whether it has its own merits or not. His thought about Tao contains a wealth of scientific and social life values