Lao-Tzu: Characteristics of a Good Leader

The government is the fundamental power of the country that directly affects society. Because the government brings some security gaps to affected people. Laozi's "thoughts from Tao Te Ching" and Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince of the Prince" explain the characteristics that a leader should have in order to succeed. Although their goals are similar, they all explain what they need to become better leaders, and their ideas about leadership are contradictory.

Overtaking, what becomes a good leader? "The Quality of the Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli and "Tao Sutra" by Lao Tzu are thinking about how the leaders can control the government. The ideas of Machiavelli and Lao Tzu are not exactly the same, but there are some similarities. They all talked about how people have to look at their leaders. Laoji is one of the leaders' best qualities that he is loved by people. Meanwhile, Machiavelli believes that the best is loved.

Comparing Laoji and Machiavelli Laoji and Machiavelli are political philosophers who write in two different lands and two different periods. Laoji was an ancient Chinese philosopher of Tao Dating in the 6th century BC, author of Tao Date, Machiavelli lived in 2000 after the Laoji era and was a Italian philosopher who was the author of the prince. They are all philosophers, but there are very different opinions on how to be a good leader. Writing of philosophers is useful. Although the war of Laozi relies heavily on social and moral and political systems forming the Chinese empire, Taoism is related to peace time and respects mental and metaphysical concerns (Taoism 2). The author of Tao Te Ching of Lao is said to be the father of Taoism. Many other methods including Laozi, Laozi, and Laozi were born in the name of Hunan province in China around 604 BC. The myth says that Lao child was born completely