Laozi
Scripture of Laozi's Transformations
Traditional attribution
Scripture of Laozi's Transformations
老子變化經
It tells how Laozi, the body of the Dao, has descended again and again throughout history under different names as teacher of rulers, and announces a new appearance. Anna Seidel studied it and reproduced it in facsimile in 1969 as evidence of Han messianic movements.
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Authorship note
An anonymous late second-century text preserved in a single Dunhuang manuscript (Stein 2295, a copy dated 612). It does not claim to be by Laozi but a revelation about him; it is included as the key document of his deification.
Editions and translations
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Français
Laozi
La divinisation de Lao tseu dans le taoïsme des Han
The Conscious LibraryLa divinisation de Lao tseu dans le taoïsme des Han
École française d'Extrême-Orient, 1969
Estudio de Anna K. Seidel con facsímil del manuscrito S. 2295; reimpresión de 1992.
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 Western Ascension · 450
- 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
- Xiang'er Commentary on the Laozi · 200
Sources
- École française d'Extrême-Orient. Ficha editorial de Seidel, Anna K., La divinisation de Lao tseu dans le taoïsme des Han (PEFEO 71), 1969; reimpr. 1992: índice con «Les transformations de Lao tseu», traducción del Lao tseu ming y facsímil del Lao-tseu pien-houa king (manuscrito Stein 2295 de Dunhuang).
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