A Brief Introduction to Notes on Laozi's Thought of Tao Te Ching (Dunhuang Edition)

Comprehensive Index Book of Taoist Classics: Laozi's Taoist Classics and Xianger's Notes (Dunhuang Edition): VolumeNo.: Volume II Orthodox Taoist Classics:No. Hanfenlou, Volume I New Style, Volume I Three Classics, Volume I Classic:No. China Taoist Classics: Four Authentic Taoist Classics Volume IX? Two Notes on Laozi's Tao Te Ching (Dunhuang edition) is said to have been written by Zhang Ling, a Tianshi in the Eastern Han Dynasty, or is thought to have been written by Zhang Lu, the grandson of Zhang Ling. The original has two volumes. The orthodox Taoist scriptures are still confiscated. Recorded the catalogue of missing scriptures in the Taoist collection. There is a copy of the Northern and Southern Dynasties (S6025) found in Dunhuang, which preserves the notes of the first volume of the original book, namely the third to the thirty-seventh chapters of Laozi's Taoist Classic. Tsung i Jao, a close friend, compiled the book Old Xiangzi Jules Jiao Jian based on Dunhuang manuscripts. This book interprets Laozi with the early thoughts and theories of "Five Mi Dou Daoism". It is believed that Tao is the highest god with will. The Tao is one, "One scattered is the same, and one gathered is the great old gentleman." Teach believers to observe the precepts of the Tao, and think that acting according to the meaning of the Tao can bring peace to the country and make them immortal. Therefore, the footnote declares: "Tao sets life to reward good, and death to threaten evil;" Keep precepts, accumulate goodness into virtue, accumulate essence into spirit, and become immortal. "The book also criticized the heresy and pseudo geisha in the world, emphasizing cultivation of immortals. In a word, deifying Laozi's Tao, emphasizing observing precepts and pursuing longevity are the main features of this book, and its ideological content is consistent with early Taoist books such as Taiping Jing and Laozi's Notes on the River. According to the Notes on Commandments and Instruments, Zhang Lu, a guardian at the end of the Han Dynasty, used this book to educate Sichuan people. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Shi Tiandao stipulated that this book was one of the too mysterious classics that believers had to teach and practice.