In the literature unearthed from the Chu tombs at Guotian郭店in 1993, the “Taiyi shengshui” 太一生水document is extremely noteworthy. Its uniqueness lies not only in its creative concepts of “birth out of water,” “counter assistance,” and “mutual assistance,” but also in its being unprecedented in the history of Chinese philosophy. The argument that taiyi is the origin of creation has prompted scholars to re-examine the relevant records found throughout the history of Chinese philosophical thought. It relation with the Laozi老子 (Manuscript 3) that precedes it has also given rise to varying views. This piece of writing, although consisting of merely 300 characters, has spawned more than seventy essays regarding its dating. This paper will attempt to first present a general survey of the scholarly results over the past decade, choose those which are most representative, and finally, to thoroughly discuss them so as to see the value of this particular document in the overall history of Chinese philosophy.