Searching for the Location of Lord Lao: The Evolution of Daoist Cosmic Concept between the Han and Tang Dynasties-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Searching for the Location of Lord Lao: The Evolution of Daoist Cosmic Concept between the Han and Tang Dynasties

Published:2023-10-30 Issue:11 Volume:14 Page:1366
ISSN:2077-1444
Container-title:Religions
language:en
Short-container-title:Religions

Author:

Bai Zhaojie¹,Li Pei²

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Philosophy, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai 200051, China

2. History School, Northwest University, Xi’an 710127, China

Abstract

The period between the Han and Tang dynasties was a crucial time in the development of the Daoist cosmic concept. During that time, Daoist believers needed to place important deities properly in the newly created heavenly realm. Faced with placing the great deity Lord Lao in a specific place, different Daoist believers made various attempts with some complex adjustments, which eventually reached the consensus during the Tang Dynasty at the latest that “Lord Lao lives in Great Clarity Heaven”. The investigation of this adjustment process would present multiple possibilities in the development of the Daoist cosmic concept.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Religious studies

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/11/1366/pdf

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