又可大别为二:(一) 老子入胡地教化胡人说,谓老子曾至罽宾国、于阗国、条支国等地传法。(二)老子转生为佛陀说。[广弘明集卷一、法经录卷二、辩正论卷五、笑道论卷下、释氏通鉴卷一、敦煌石室遗书第三册、鸣沙石室佚书续编、早稻田大学文学部编哲学年志卷四]...
1. Introduction The "Laozi huahu shuo 老子化胡説" (The Theory of Laozi Converting the Barbarians) is a vital legend in terms of the formation of Daoism, the deification of Laozi, and other related topics. Since Paul Pelliot (1878–1945) discovered the Dunhuang 敦煌 documents of Laozi Hua...