What does Laozi's thought contain? What is its main influence?

Taoism is one of the important schools in the Warring States period, also known as "Taoists". Based on Laozi's "Tao" theory at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, this school uses "Tao" to explain the essence, origin, composition and change of all things in the universe. It is believed that heaven does nothing and everything is transformed naturally. It denies that gods and ghosts dominate everything, advocates that Taoism is natural, let nature take its course, and advocates that quietism and women should be soft. The political ideal is "a small country with few people" and "governing by doing nothing". Laozi's philosophy occupies an important position in the history of China's thoughts, and many later philosophers have been influenced by it to varying degrees. Since the Han Dynasty, there have been more than a thousand kinds of annotations on Laozi, which are rare in China ancient books. Laozi not only founded Taoism, one of the three major religions in China, but also influenced the development of the whole history of philosophy in China and the ideology of the whole feudal society.