So, Lao Tzu, what kind of person is it? Needless to say, as we all know, he was the most famous philosopher and thinker in ancient China and the founder of the Taoist school. The greatest achievement of his life was to create the Taoist school, leaving a more than 5,000-word Tao Te Ching for later generations.
Sima Qian recorded in Historical Records that Lao Zi's surname was Li, and he had a famous surname. He used to be a historian in charge of the collection of the Zhou royal family, and later lived in seclusion and taught his disciples to write books. Then in an unknown era, the Hangu Pass in the West suddenly disappeared from the history of China. (Sima Qian is also a myth. I have seen a lot of pre-Qin history. Many are myths. )
This is also an eternal legend about Laozi. Then why did Lao Tzu go through the customs? Where did he go after he passed the customs? In fact, there are many different opinions about whether to enter the customs or not in history.
According to the Records of Historical Records, the last record about Laozi came from before Hanguguan, when Laozi left Hanguguan in the west. At this time, Guan made Yin strong and wrote a book, and a wonderful book in China history, Tao Te Ching, came out. Note here that Tao Te Ching is actually two books, namely Tao Te Ching and Tao Te Ching. After this book was written, Lao Tzu went to Hangu Pass in the west under the surveillance of Guan Lingyin Xi, and there was no news again.
Later, historians mainly thought that Laozi's whereabouts were as follows. Let's analyze it separately and see which one is the most reliable.
The first one: after Hangu Pass, Lao Tzu continued to travel westward. After the third pass, Liushahe went directly to India, and India didn't idle away. Instead, he recruited disciples and taught them. It is said that Saharoni, the founder of Buddhism, is a disciple of Laozi.
However, the above statement is not very reliable, and it is obviously fabricated by Taoist disciples to suppress Buddhism.
The second type: In his later years, Lao Tzu did not go far after going out to the Valley Pass in the Western Heaven, but went to Linqu, Gansu Province to be an alchemist for a hermit like him, where he also cultivated himself and eventually became immortal. After Laozi was promoted to immortality in Gansu, all his children and grandchildren lived in Gansu. According to the genealogy compiled by Emperor Taizong,? Li watched it thirteen times, with Longxi as the first. ? Li Shimin thinks Lao Zi is his ancestor. So, the person named Li in later generations is called Lao Zi? Too ancestral? .
The above judgment is a bit reliable, but the theory of soaring to immortality is still amazing.
The third kind: There is a record about Laozi in Zhuangzi-Tiandao, which records that Laozi resigned from his post and returned to his hometown to provide for the elderly, but there is no allusion to Xigu.
Laozi's hometown is in Luyi County, Henan Province, not far from Confucius' hometown Qufu. Why? Confucius asked the ceremony? The story came out, which means that Confucius once visited Laozi specially. This incident is not only recorded in Zhuangzi, but also mentioned in Han Feizi and Lv Chunqiu. This shows that it should be true.
Because historical records show that the closer history is, the more reliable it is. Confucius was a great man of his time. They can't, and it's not reliable to record what didn't happen in the book. Therefore, in the end, Lao Tzu neither went out to the valley of the Western Heaven, nor soared to immortality, but honestly wrote books and taught disciples in his hometown.
As for these fairy tales, where did they come from? This is asking Lao Tzu's 10,000 Taoist friends in Qian Qian.