Lao Tzu

Old Long Ears, he lived in the womb for sixty-two years and only came out for a piece of fruit (it was a plum). For the rest he was a dragon and kept books, but the city made him lonely and he went off by himself. All his learning was to hide his name. Only Yin Xi, the bridge guard, could ask him what he thought, so he wrote it all down in five thousand words.