Laozi
Scripture of Western Ascension
Traditional attribution
Scripture of Western Ascension
西昇經
Thirty-nine sections in which the Old Master expounds to the keeper of the pass a doctrine of union with the Dao through forgetting the body and stilling the mind. It shows how medieval Taoism turned the author of the Daodejing into a master who keeps revealing texts.
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Authorship note
A fifth-century Taoist scripture presented as Laozi's oral teaching to Yin Xi before departing westward. Religious, not historical, attribution.
Editions and translations
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English
Laozi
Taoist Mystical Philosophy: The Scripture of Western Ascension
The Conscious LibraryTaoist Mystical Philosophy: The Scripture of Western Ascension
SUNY Press, 1991
Translation: Livia Kohn
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Other works by Laozi
- Daodejing (Tao Te Ching). The Book of the Way and its Virtue · 300
- The Guodian Laozi (bundles A, B and C) · 300
- The Mawangdui Laozi (silk copies A and B) · 195
- Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi · 240
- Heshang Gong's Commentary on the Laozi · 150
- Scripture of Laozi Converting the Barbarians · 300
- Treatise of the Most High on Action and Response · 1150
- Peking University Laozi (Western Han bamboo slips) · 100
- Scripture of Constant Purity and Stillness · 900
- Scripture of Laozi's Transformations · 185
- Xiang'er Commentary on the Laozi · 200
Sources
- Kohn, Livia. God of the Dao: Lord Lao in History and Myth. Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1998.
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