Taishang Laojun is a Taoist honorific title for Laozi. Lao Zi's surname is Li Minger, whose name is Bo Yang, and he is from Zhong Er, also known as Lao Dan. During the Spring and Autumn Period, he was born in the ancient county of Chu (now Qurenli, Lu Yi, Henan). He once worked as a Tibetan herdsman in the Zhou Dynasty and wrote a 5,000-word Tao Te Ching. Later, Taoism respected him as the founder.
Legend has it that this old gentleman was born at the beginning of the royal family and is familiar with the principles of nature. He is called the teacher of all laws in heaven. Although the old gentleman has been reflected in all previous dynasties, he has never been given the opportunity to be born. Therefore, I am in harmony with the world so that I can teach the world. He first named the mysterious jade girl as the daughter of the Yin family in Tianshui. After that, it was deified from Taiqing fairyland and sent to the mysterious jade girl's belly. After the birth of a jade girl, her appearances are often less, and she looks at ease. Where she lives, the six spirits are peaceful, and all evils are inviolable. There is no cold in winter and no heat in summer. There is always auspicious light shining around, and the five elements of beasts guard the front of the temple. In this way, after 80 years, one day, Jade Girl dreamed that the sky was tens of feet high, and a group of real people came out with the sun, surrounded by mysterious clouds. Jade girl woke up, got up and came to the vortex water garden. At this time, the sun had just risen, and the jade girl stood on the plum tree, pulling the branches with her hands and staring at the sun for a long time. Slowly, I saw the essence of the sun getting smaller and smaller, falling from the sky and becoming a meteor, such as colorful beads flying to my mouth, and the jade girl quickly grabbed it and swallowed it. Suddenly a child was born from the left rib. When the child was born, he took nine steps, and where he fell, the lotus bloomed. His left hand pointed to the sky, and his right hand pointed to the ground, saying, "I am the only one in heaven and on earth." I want to carry forward the supreme Tao and help all beings. " Jade girl helped him sit under the plum tree. He pointed to the tree and said, "The name of this tree is my family name." At this time, the sun is shining, the trees are swaying and the cranes are flying, which is called the nine-day celebration. Jade girl looked at him and saw that he was ruddy, with sunshine on his head, white blood and golden face. Three leaks in the ear, wide eyebrows. Jade girl took him to the pool to take a bath. Suddenly, she saw nine dragonflies coming, turned them into nine giant carp and gave him a bath. At this point, he can speak and act, and everyone who sees him feels very strange. Nine days after the child was born, his body changed nine times. At the age of six, he grew up and was named Zhong Er and Bai Yang. People call him Laozi because he is born with white hair. Shortly after Yu Nv gave birth to Lao Zi, her father's spirit flew to immortality, and Yu Nv was ready to return to heaven, so she invited Lao Zi to say, "I'm leaving, and a gentleman from Taiyi Yuan Jun will teach you the art of alchemy." After that, there were thousands of chariots and horses, and the five emperors went to the truth, carrying eight scenic jade and welcoming the jade girl to heaven.
After seeing off my mother, Lao Tzu began to go to Shanze to look for an alchemy pill. He came to Laoshan Mountain and asked Taiyi Yuan Jun at the order of the Virgin Mary. Taiyi Yuan Jun gave him the skills of practicing elixir and various spells. Lao Tzu once asked Yuan Jun: "Where the people are ignorant, there are many people who die;" Soothes the bleeding of the soul and makes people sad. I want to give them magic medicine so that they can live forever. Is that okay? " Yuan Jun said, "No way. Everything is born with good and evil. Good people should live and bad people should die. You can't give all the panacea. "
When I got this statement, I respected it and advised the world; That is, the so-called way of deifying immortals must be practiced with sincerity. Laozi, on the other hand, kept the truth and embraced it, and was impressed by the alchemy until he could take advantage of it and get out of it, which was unpredictable.
When he was in Zhou Wenwang, he was asked to preserve the history of Tibet. The samurai, when he became king, was also Schlein. Wang Zhao, go and officially retire. Later, in order to educate the Western Regions, in the 23rd year of Zhao Haoqi, he rode a green ox and prepared for Hangu Pass. When Guanyin knew about it, she came to Tao. Seeing that he was sincere, Lao Tzu left 5,000 mantras, that is, the Tao Te Ching, which was told by later generations. Because of these five thousand words, he became the great immortal of Sanqing and was regarded as the founder of Taoism.
In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, there was a man named Ji Shan in Jinzhou. One day, Lushan was walking on Yangjiao Mountain when he saw an old man riding a white horse slowly. He is handsome and handsome. The old man came to Jishan and told him his life story. Jishan told Tang Gaozu about it. Gaozu thinks this is a big event, and he can boast about his ancestors and recognize the old man as his ancestors. So, a temple was built at the place where Yang Jiaoshan met the old man. The old man was honored as the Emperor of the Supreme Yuan Dynasty, also known as the old gentleman. In this way, the old man became the ancestor of the royal family in the Tang Dynasty.
On February15th of the lunar calendar, a great man, Lao Zi, was born in Qurenli, Li Xiang Township, an ancient county of Chu in the east of the world, which is now Taiqinggong Town, Lu Yi City, Henan Province. He was a great philosopher, thinker and founder of Taoist school in ancient China, and was rated as one of the top 100 celebrities in the world today. As we all know, before Laozi, there were only some philosophical viewpoints in the society, and a systematic philosophical theory was formed from Laozi. Therefore, Lu Yi is not only a sacred fairyland, but also the birthplace of oriental philosophy.
According to Sima Qian's Historical Records (Volume 63) and Lao Zi Han Fei Biography, "Lao Zi was born in Qurenli, Chuku County, and his surname is Li. His name is Bai Yang, posthumous title Yong and Zhou Shoucang in history. Confucius must ask Laozi when he is suitable for the week. " Sima Zhen's "Historical Records" says: "The bitter history is also. Confucius must ask Laozi when he is suitable for the week. " Sima Zhen's Historical Records says: "The bitter county belongs to Chen, and Chu destroyed Chen in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the bitterness belongs to Chu, so it is a bitter county." Li Daoyuan's Notes on Water Classics said: "I remember Lao Tzu's tablet on the edge of Shao, saying that Lao Tzu is Chu-like, empty and barren. Now, after all the hardships, the city still exists. It is in the east of the hometown, and the vortex water is in the sun "(the Wohe River was diverted from the south of Taiqing Palace to the north of Taiqing Palace in the early Yuan Dynasty). Looking through the national history of past dynasties, all kinds of ci books and famous works, as well as the annals of Henan Province, Moral Guidance, Luyi County Annals, Jiangnan Annals, Anhui Annals and Mizhou Zhi Zhi, it is clearly recorded that Laozi was born in Taiqinggong Town, Luyi County, Henan Province. Historians, philosophers, religious figures and experts on the elderly have all written books or published papers on the ancient evidence that Laozi was born in Taiqinggong Town, Lu Yi. According to the Records of Haozhou, "Taiqing Palace is forty-five miles west of the city, and now it belongs to Lu Yi, the birthplace of Laozi". There are 200 volumes in Jiangnan Tongzhi (Anhui and Jiangsu are now collectively referred to as jiangnan province during the reign of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty), and there is a Mistaken Mirror, which specifically researches the mistakes in the old records, including the research on Li Er. The conclusion is: "Li Er was born in Lu Yi, not Jiangnan. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Mizhou was adjacent to six counties. Now only Qiaocheng and Chengfu counties are in the south of the Yangtze River, and the rest belong to Henan. The old record of Fengyang characters in Li Er is wrong. " . In the reconstruction of Annals of Anhui Province, there are two records: "The Taiqing Palace is forty-five miles west of Bozhou, where I was pregnant, and the base address still exists. The old name was Amethyst Palace, and Tang Tianbao changed it in two years. " The other paragraph is: "Bozhou, Shiyuan, Chen Tuan, now Luyi County, Guide House, Henan Province, the old record was collected in Yingzhou, and it was mistaken for Laozi. I will break it." Write clearly and automatically correct past mistakes. 199 1 year, Xinhua News Agency reported in Hefei in May 10 that Bozhou, Anhui Province decided to hold the world symposium on Laozi, saying: "Laozi, also known as Yong, is an ancient thinker of the same age as Confucius and the founder of the Taoist school in China. His hometown is in Luyi County, Henan Province, which is adjacent to Bozhou." Seeking truth from facts is our traditional style of study and should be carried forward.
Laozi is an influential figure in the history of thought, culture and religion in China. Laozi is a man, but he is a god and a leader of Taoism. The masses all respect the old gentleman. Laozi has a historical evolution from man to god. In the Tang Dynasty, it was not sudden that I was named "Emperor Taizong Xuanyuan". Gai had already been named "Emperor Taizong Xuanyuan". From Sima Qian's point of view, "Gai Laozi is over 60 years old, or over 200 years old, to cultivate Buddhism and support his life." It shows that it has been circulated in the Western Han Dynasty that Laozi is a living immortal who has lived for hundreds of years. The inscription of Laozi written by Bian Shao in the Eastern Han Dynasty said: "Laozi was born of nature", and also said: "Laozi was separated from the chaotic vitality and began with the three lights". In the post-Han period, Laozi was completely deified and became a god and leader. So Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty made the Huang Lao Pagoda Hall in the palace, juxtaposing Huang Lao with the pagoda, the former being the first of Taoism and the latter being the first of Buddhism. The so-called "Huang Lao" here refers to Lao Zi. Thus, in the eighth year of Emperor Yan Xi (A.D. 165), Zuo Guan, a regular servant, was killed and went to Guxian to offer sacrifices to Lao Zi. In the ninth year of Yan Xi (166), Emperor Huan visited Lao Zi in the Dragon Palace. It can be seen that Lao Tzu has become a sacred leader at this time. Now there are Taoist temples all over the country. Taiqing Palace in Lu Yi was built in the eighth year of Han and Yan Xi, and Laojuntai was built in the early Tang Dynasty. The incense is enduring, and Laozi is honored by the masses as the old gentleman on the throne.
The 5,000-word Tao Te Ching left by Laozi is extensive and profound, which is a great treasure of Chinese culture-and the first masterpiece of China's philosophical ontology. Its contents involve philosophy, literature, military science, aesthetics, medicine, sociology, ethics, astronomy, and health preservation, and it is known as an encyclopedia. His theory of inaction, the dialectical theory of the transformation rate of one thing and two things, and the profound philosophy of "harmony between man and nature" have influenced China people's thoughts and behaviors for 2,500 years. As a cultural gene, it permeates people's lifestyles, lifestyles and ways of thinking. It affects China people's world outlook, outlook on life, values, aesthetics, outlook on life and death and other cultural concepts. Tao Te Ching has not only influenced the history of thought for 2,000 years since the Han Dynasty, but also attracted the attention of western thinkers and became one of the world's philosophical treasures. Since ancient times, there have been more than 3,000 critics, and the publishing circulation ranks second in the world. Nowadays, the global "Laozi" is hot, and the study of old learning is unprecedentedly high. In recent years, international Lao Tzu academic seminars have been held in various places. 1993, Germany held an international symposium on Laozi; 1994, Lu Yi held an international symposium on Laozi; 1995, China Academy of Social Sciences held an international symposium on Taoist culture in Xi 'an. Such frequent international activities to study the elderly are unprecedented in history, pushing the study of the elderly to a new stage and reaching a new level.
On the one hand, Laozi's thought has a profound ideological and cultural foundation because it systematically summarizes the cultural traditions since ancient times; On the other hand, on the basis of inheritance, Laozi opened up a new direction of cultural development, and established a philosophical system with Tao as its ontology for the first time in the history of China, which laid a philosophical foundation for the cultural development of China. Laozi's thought has exerted an all-round influence on China culture and has a very positive significance for the development of modern culture. Laozi's greatest contribution in the history of China's philosophy is to point out that the metaphysical Tao is the origin and basis of all things in the universe, and to establish a systematic philosophical thought system with Tao as the core, including ontology, dialectical method, epistemology and philosophy of life. Laozi's ontological thinking and methodological thinking make "Tao" truly become the noblest concept and the most basic motive force in China's thought. From the following aspects, we can see that Laozi's philosophy is the basis of China's traditional philosophy: Taoism in pre-Qin, Taoism in Han Dynasty, metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties, Buddhism in Sui and Tang Dynasties, Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties, and the introduction of Taoism, morality, being, nothingness, movement, quietness and infinity. Because Laozi's thought is an ideological system with rich concepts and has many in-depth and accurate views on nature, society and people, it has gained some special theoretical qualities, including many theoretical growth points and different ideological systems. Therefore, the development of modern China philosophy and China culture still needs to learn from Laozi's philosophy. Laozi's wisdom has guiding significance for solving various problems faced by modern human beings. He put forward the category of "Tao" as the root and foundation of life value. Laozi's "Tao" is not only the foundation of all things in the universe, but also the foundation of all things' existence and development. Metaphysical "Tao" has become a way of human behavior and life when it is implemented in the relationship between man and nature, man and society, and man and himself. In the relationship between man and nature, Lao Tzu emphasized the subjectivity of man and the objectivity of natural laws, and advocated that man should obey nature and oppose its plunder. In the relationship between individuals and others, and with groups, Laozi put forward the principle of "indisputable", and advocated solving disputes through setbacks, sharing weal and woe, and opposing fame and gain, so as to achieve harmonious coexistence between people and society. On the self-improvement of individual life, Laozi put forward "the way of long life and long vision". Laozi's thoughts not only have a great influence on the formation and development of China's traditional culture, but also provide positive wisdom for the current and future culture and life of mankind. We should carry forward the excellent traditional culture of the motherland, open up a harmonious world and create a beautiful world.