Secondly, this tablet is the emperor's annotation to the Tao Te Ching, and it is a good teaching material for future generations to understand the Tao Te Ching of Xuanzong and Laozi in Tang Dynasty, as well as the relationship between Tang Dynasty and Laozi and Taoism. In the history of China, several emperors have interpreted the Tao Te Ching, such as Song Huizong, Ming Taizu and Qing Shizu. However, only Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty annotated the Tao Te Ching by erecting a monument and personally annotating it.
Emperor Xuanzong's comments on the Tao Te Ching provided a new perspective for future generations to study the Tao Te Ching. The difference between their classmates and scholars' annotation of Tao Te Ching is that the emperors' annotation is more from the perspective of governing the country. Judging from the emperors' comments on Tao Te Ching, Tao Te Ching contains rich thoughts on governing the country. In addition to many emperors' comments on Tao Te Ching, there are also scholars, officials, Taoists, Confucianists, Legalists and soldiers. Lao Zi Zhu was written in Tang Dynasty, Lao Zi Zhu by Wang Anshi in Northern Song Dynasty, Tao Te Ching by Sima Guang, Lao Zi Zhu by Su Zhe, Zhao.
Third, this monument is a good teaching material to understand the geological features of Taiguan Pass. This monument was built in the Tang Dynasty. Before 2002, the monument was only one foot from the ground, and most of the monuments, monuments and monuments were buried underground. When this monument was first built, it should have been built on the ground. In other words, since 1300 years ago, the ground of Taiqing Palace has increased the height of the whole Tang monument. It provides evidence for studying the geology and geomorphology of this area and the history of river flooding.
After 1300 years of ups and downs, this monument of the Tang Dynasty has been seriously eroded by the wind and rain, and half of the inscriptions are vague and illegible. Even so, it is still a treasure among cultural relics. Even from the perspective of pure calligraphy, the official script font of words has high calligraphy value.
During the period of 1800 years since the official temple of Taiqing Palace was built, except for the existing 20 passes, there have been inscriptions in Taiqing Palace in past dynasties. Fortunately, there are more than 30 other inscriptions in Guxian County, Lu Yi, although others no longer exist due to age, wind and rain erosion and bandits. Corresponding to the existing inscriptions on the ground, it is a precious document or object to study the history of the rise and fall of Taiqing officials and the status of Taoism in past dynasties. When it comes to the Annotations of the Tao Te Ching in the Kaiyuan Period of Emperor Xuanzong of SHEN WOO, the fact that Emperor Xuanzong personally annotated the Tao Te Ching and the fact that Emperor Li Zhi of Tang Gaozong personally visited Lao Zi's birthplace also needs to be explained:
Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was a great emperor in the history of China. After Emperor Taizong, Li Shimin and Wu Zetian, he led the Tang Dynasty to its peak, that is, the prosperous time of Kaiyuan, mainly because he followed the Taoist thought of Laozi's inaction. He has been paying attention to, researching, popularizing and publicizing Laozi all his life. In addition, there is one more thing, that is, he annotated the Tao Te Ching twice in his life, which was the highest among emperors in the history of China. Later emperors such as Song Huizong Evonne, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Qing Taizu Fu Lin all commented on Laozi, but they all commented once, while Tang Xuanzong commented twice.
The first time was in the 23rd year of Kaiyuan (735). At the age of 50, Emperor Xuanzong summed up the experience of studying, worshiping and studying the old in the first half of his life, and personally wrote a book "The Moral Notes of the Emperor". In the preface written for the first imperial edict, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty pointed out: "Every time I give a banquet, I need to knock on the porch and get what I want, so I'm talking about ... Now I'm writing my last book, and I ask the public ..." This means that every time I have a simple meal with ministers, I often ask and exchange some knowledge and experience about learning the Tao Te Ching, so I study it myself.
The second time was in the 14th year of Tianbao of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (755). At the age of 70, he wrote the book "The True Classic of Morality". That is, in this year, great changes have taken place in the Li and Tang Dynasties, and the Anshi Rebellion (Anshi Rebellion and Shi Siming Uprising) broke out. One hundred years later, the second golden age in China's feudal history (Emperor Taizong and Zhenguan of Li Shimin, Wu Zetian, Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty and Kaiyuan of Li Longji) ended, and the Tang Dynasty began to decline. That is, in this year, something happened in Lu Yi, which attracted the attention of the whole Tang Dynasty and made Lu Yi famous in history. The Anshi Rebellion broke out, the country was in chaos, and the avalanche in ten thousand years, and the nobility played an important role. However, Zhang Xun (Nanyang native), the county magistrate of Zhenyuan (the name of ancient county in Lu Yi), was originally a weak scholar and a small official, but he led a crowd of more than a thousand people, seized the enemy's road, tried his best to do his best, and died, writing a hymn in praise of famous soldiers with blood.
It is precisely because of Zhang Xun's hard resistance that he prevented the army of Anshi Rebellion from going south, weakened the strength of the rebels in Anshi Rebellion, and kept the area south of Jianghuai in the Tang Dynasty, which made the court's financial resources inexhaustible, providing financial resources and time preparation for the rectification of the Tang Dynasty, and made great contributions. So when I went to Li Chen, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, I ordered a portrait of a hero for the royal family. This time, Zhenyuan county magistrate Zhang Xun's name is among many important officials.
There is another thing related to Lu Yi and Laozi in the Xuanzong period of the Tang Dynasty. In the 13th year of Tianbao of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (754), that is, the first year when Emperor Xuanzong annotated the Tao Te Ching for the second time, and also the first year when the Anshi Rebellion broke out, Zhang Xun, the magistrate of Zhenyuan County, wept bitterly in front of the statue of Laozi in Taiqing Palace, leading all the pledging soldiers to resist. The great poet Du Fu came to Lu Yi Taiyi Taiqing Palace to worship and wrote a 1200-word Ode to Taiqing Palace, which was sealed. The tablet no longer exists, but it still existed during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, but the inscription was blurred. Fortunately, the full text is recorded in the records of Luyi County, Kangxi.
The second thing to note is that Li Zhi, Tang Gaozong, came to Lu Yi to pay his respects to the ancestral court in the first year of Ganfeng (666).
Old Tang books. The Chronicle of Emperor Gaozong records that in the first year of Ganfeng, Emperor Gaozong "was not in February, but thanks to laojunmiao, the memorial day was too high to build a temple for Emperor Xuanyuan; Its temple has one order and one member. Change Guyang County to zhenyuan county, and the clan name in the county will be given for another year. " Compared with the fact that the Emperor of North Song Zhenzong came to pay homage to the birthplace of Laozi, there are fewer records in the history books of China, but there are many contents.
According to historical records, Emperor Gaozong's trip to Chang 'an East to worship his ancestors was proposed by Wu Zetian, who later visited Taiqing Palace on Mount Tai. The purpose is to pay homage to ancestral home and ancestors. Future generations can imagine that the procession and scale of worship should be grand. According to historical records, when Emperor Gaozong came to Lu Yi, he was guarded by hundreds of officials, which extended for hundreds of miles. This statement is somewhat exaggerated, but it is conceivable that the worship was grand and enthusiastic and the scale was grand. These are several important events about Laozi and his birthplace in the Tang Dynasty.