Four, "want to note" in the position in teach by the ring

Taoist rules taoists must "to study the scriptures, perform good deeds, as a keepsake patriarch" once.To study the scriptures and includes study, ring and meter method.As Taoist Lao zi as the guru that "teacher body weeks COINS, as high" being supplied, so put the daodejing recite learning first.Due to pay attention to the daodejing, nature will pay much attention to the notes of the daodejing."Teach the ring gauge injection tactic" listed the ten volumes of Taoist should recite acquisition order: "xuan department first: the old gentleman on the big word" jing ";Xuan department. 2: the old gentleman characters under this "DE";Xuan department (3: "the old gentleman, on, under the" jing ", on the river "chapters";Xuan department (4: "the old gentleman's sutra on male, under the" DE ", river "chapters";Xuan department (5: "the old gentleman way the scripture to er xun";Xuan department (6: "the old gentleman, by the think, under the motto";Xuan department (7: "the old gentleman thought god charted tactic";Xuan department (8: "the old gentleman to teach by the ring gauge injection tactic";Xuan department (9: "the old gentleman natural dynasty instrument note strategics";Xuan department (10: "the old gentleman nature lent instrument".The old gentleman in Yin Xi characters after the daodejing 'levies, male is river "chapters" and "want to note", it serves to show bureau (tianshi dao) is the "want to's note" in the very important position, is one of the monks have to study the word of the book.Services in tang dynasty, wan-fu zhang tianshi said on "teach three dongjing ring method strategy, order list said the play to quit directory, listed in the" eye "have" to 27 ", note "this is too high" xuan mage suffered, listed in the "moral order", "" moral" second volume up and down;"River and note" second volume up and down;"Think your note" second volume up and down;Figure 1 large storage volume;"The instrument" a roll;"The instrument" a roll;"Lent instrument" a roll;"The old gentleman west l" a roll;"Funny really" up and down two volumes;The solution within 2 volume;"Section solution" two volumes;The high upload a roll, and the supreme reality biography a roll;Purple 箓 roll "."Lao tze want to" note "in this order also occupies the very important position.Before tang within Taoism to teach the above text, provides a set of instrument system, in order to render the grand and mysterious."To teach the ring gauge" tactic ", said: "think mechanically, giving a division, the ceremony please, about a meter system, investigate the ten volumes, self-sufficiency and expert", also stipulates "by the by, do not jump, please"."Teach three dongjing ring method 箓 slightly said" also stipulates that "preach all must kyoritsu troth", "Ming mo all the required detailed study".All of these instructions before tang dynasty Taoist attaches great importance to the ring.

Examination of the Taoist precepts, also attribute to the Lao tze want to note ".Ming of the orthodox collected Taoist scriptures, cave of god, in discipline, has the too old gentleman on the law of moral respect by thought, ring ", this is the earliest Taoist precepts.The full text is:

Line, line vulnerability, keep the female don't move first.The three lines on (the)

Line line, clean, all good.(this is one of the most three lines)

Line line, no desire, the relevant check, delegating (three lines) under the most of the nine lines, its meaning and words, all from the Lao tze want to note ".That is to say, the Lao tze want to note "is the moral respect by thought, to quit."Want to's note" derived "think your commandments", "want to darfur, and the deduction for future generations and to the moral statue of the ring, the 27 too on the ring, the old king, the more visible" Lao tze want to "note" in the early Taoist classics on the important position of get rid of it.

To sum up, the conclusion is: "Lao tze want to" note "is one of the important secret bureau way (tianshi), and its author as britons;"Lao tze want to" note "system (the documents) with the word of bureau of religious ideas of modification and annotate the Lao tze daodejing, with religious classics, said instead of the Taoist school of philosophy of practice;"Lao tze want to" note "is the origin of the Taoist taboo.

annotation

(1) as shown in the orthodox collected Taoist scriptures 154 copies, hole really remember the class, and dunhuang tianbao ten years is a division of these the daodejing XieJuan, on the topic "too far-left fairy public order is a real chapters on river", "five thousand to the top and bottom two chapter volume eighty-one, four thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine - word".Because of the "three radial" written "30" province, so a word less.

2 control Chambers six dynasties dunhuang manuscripts on think, Lao zi jing and intercourses "dunhuang ancient XuLu" more than "want to" apparently "want to" book by mistake.

(3) jao tsung-i has the Lao tze want to note the school ".

[see "wei book, interpretation of the old".

5] nantianshi from the catalog of dongjing books.

[6] mage meng three hole arrangement from the jade weft seven order.

Once see Ming "orthodox Taoist sutra" is a "taught by the ring gauge" travelling ".

The same goes for being supplied.

'levies the collected Taoist scriptures is such clear department Yin Xi "too old gentleman on integrated by" two volumes.