Abstract: Ancient and modern scholars interpret Lao-tze's emphasis on Tao differently,but most of them neglected the nature of Lao-tze's thoughts and the actual meaning of the texts of Lao Tze, and misunderstood Lao-tze's thoughts about "Tao as everything is dominated by Tao" or "Tao is the master of everything". In fact, Lao-tze did not agree with the idea that external forces dominated everything, and the texts of Lao Tze did not express any such ideas. In the text, the word "zhu" is supposed to be used as its original meaning from the perspective of rhetoric; while from a semantic point of view, "zhu" should be understood as "auxiliary" or "assistance", but not as "dominate" or "control". Hence, by "Tao is the assist of everything", Lao-tze, compared Tao to dim light in the darkness, firmly believing that only Tao could truly assist everything to grow up and rescue them in troubled times; in the process, people and other things on earth are the leads or dorminants, rather than tools. This represents Lao-tze's love of man and respect to the nature, and his conviction that only by adhering to the true nature can man and nature survive and prosper.

Key words: Lao Tze, Tao, Interpretation of Lao Tze, Tao abides by the law of nature, the assist of everything, Wang Bi