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Jesus & Lao-Kiun Parallels - A Christian Response
The only hits I'm getting on Lao-Kiun (aka Lao-Tse) is a guy who was a Chinese philosopher and teacher (and rival of Confucius) born in 604 B.C., and, yes, the mythicists do seem to be talking about this guy. One site claims he was supposedly born of a virgin, but didn't give any sources to back it up. But since the site is unbiased (that is, not specifically trying to make parallels to Jesus) I'll accept this one as valid. If anyone has any more specific evidence of this claim being attributed to him, please let me know.
However, since this guy is not a deity and was almost certainly unheard of by the Israelites, it's exceedingly unlikely he influenced the Jesus story in any way.