"Dao" (the Way) and the Highest God in Early Taoism
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Li, He-Shu
Abstract
"Dao" (the Way) and the Highest God in Early Taoismi, He-shu bstract This article focuses on discussing a perception on the “Dao（the Way）”in the main kinds of the Early Taoism Canon: The Shangqing Scriptures（古上清經）, Lingbao Scriptures （古靈寶經）, and the Way of Five Pecks of Rice（五斗米道）.The central question is “what is Taoism?”. In Early Taoism Canon, there are different perceptions on the “Dao（the Way）”: in the Shangqing Scriptures it means the Way of how to become a transcendent, but in Lingbao Scriptures that the“Dao（the Way）”means the Teachings of the Lingbao. Besides, in the Canon that the Way of Five Pecks of Rice, the “Dao（the Way）”means the Teachings of the “Dao（the Way）”. I will discusses another interesting and significant phenomenon that the status the Laojun （老君）and the Tianzun（天尊）in the Way of Five Pecks of Rice, as well as the same variation of some different materials in Northern Dynasties of China. The paper is divided into two sections. Firstly, I examine the records of the steles in the Medieval Northern China and attempt to point out the significations that the amount difference between the steles of the Laojun and the Tianzun in the history of the Way of Five Pecks of Rice. Secondly, I compare with three historical records：Wei shu Shilao zhi （魏書釋老志）, Sui shu Jingji zhi（隋書經籍志）, Daojiao shihua xu（道教實花序）and analyze the relations with these historical records. Furthermore, I also discuss the influences that the Southern Shangqing Scriptures, Lingbao Scriptureson the Northern the Way of Five Pecks of Rice and the final portion of this paper, I offer three observations about the Southern - Northern culture communication in the Medieval China.eywords: aoism,Way of Five Pecks of Rice, Shangqing Scriptures,Lingbao Scriptures, Laojun, Tianzun,Southern - Northern culture communication
Subjects
Taoism.Way of the Celestial Masters,Laojun
Tianzun
Lingbao Scriptures
Type
thesis
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