"Taoist Sanqing" refers to Taiqing Taishang Laojun, Qing Yu Yuanshi Tianzun and Shangqing Lingbao Daojun. Sanqing is a symbol of the trinity theory of Taoist philosophy. Chapter 42 of the Tao Te Ching says: "The Tao gives birth to one, two, three and all things. Everything is negative and positive, and it is harmonious. " The name of "Sanqing" began in the Six Dynasties, and the book "Lu Shangjing, the Emperor of Tai Shang" said: Sanqing, Yuqing, Shangqing, Taiqing also. "As a Taoist god, it was gradually formed with the theory of Taoist three-hole classics. The second volume of Daoism in Sanqing said: "However, Tianbaojun, who knows the truth of caves, lives in the Jade Qing realm, Lingbaojun, who knows the mystery of caves, lives in the Shangqing realm, and Shenbaojun, the god of caves, lives in the Taiqing realm. "At first, it only refers to the Sanqing boundary (i.e. Qing Yu, Shangqing and Taiqing). In the late Tang Dynasty, according to the arrangement of Taoist deities in Tang Wuzong (84 1-846), it was the most respected in the Taoist deity system that "three treasures worship gods" changed into "three clear deities worship gods". So who was their prototype? Let's wait for the music to explain it to you in detail.
The prototype of Taishang Laojun is Laozi.
Taishang Laojun, also known as moral Buddha, is also known as Taishang Daozu in The Journey to the West. Taoism believes that Laozi, a thinker, philosopher and founder of Taoism in the Spring and Autumn Period, wrote the Tao Te Ching with more than 5,000 words. However, I am not a religious scholar myself, nor did I establish a religion. Just because his Tao Te Ching conforms to the purpose of Taoism, I was born early, and there are many magical legends (such as the famous story of "Purple Gas Coming from the East"). On the occasion of Emperor Hanming and Zhang Di in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 58-88), the Yizhou magistrate, Axe King, wrote the Monument to the Virgin of Laozi: "Laozi is a Taoist." Deify Laozi into a god of nature, on an equal footing with Tao. When Emperor Shundi was in the Eastern Han Dynasty (A.D. 126- 144), Zhang Ling founded Wudou Mi Dao in Hemingshan, Bashu, with Laozi as its leader. It is said that Zhang Ling said in his Notes on Lao Zi Si Er: "All roads lead to the same goal. ..... One is outside the world, and enters between the heavens and the earth. People just come and go with the middle ear. "
"... a scattered shape is neat, and a gathered shape is too old gentleman. Often treat Kunlun, or nothing, or natural, or nameless, all with the same ear. "Too old gentleman's name first appeared in Taoist books. By the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the name of Taishang Laojun was obvious. In the Tang dynasty, the prestige of the old gentleman was even stronger. He is not only considered as the ancestor of the Li and Tang Dynasties, but also helped Tang Gaozu Li Yuan to pacify the world. It is said that Wu Zetian usurped the position of Li Tang and appeared in front of the world, saying that "Wuhou is not revolutionary" and "she wants to change her surname. ..... The marquis of Wu is also afraid of this, and he dare not establish Wu Sansibo. Therefore, during the Tianbao period, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty finally addressed him as "Great Sage Deng Jin Que Xuanyuan Emperor". In the Song Dynasty, Xiang Fu lived for six years (10 13), and the sign was "too old gentleman mixed up and went to Germany".