主編:詹石窗
出版:香港蓬瀛仙館
ISSN 1728-7642

Daoism Studies ›› 2020, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (1): 112-136.

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A Study on the Evolution of Luyi County and Its “Taiqing Palace”

Zhan Shichuang, Gu Zongzheng   

  • Online:2020-06-10 Published:2021-08-19
  • About author:Zhan Shichuang, Distinguished Professor & Dean of Laozi Research College & Doctoral Supervisor, Sichuan University, Institute of Taoism and Religions; Research Direction: Taoist Culture; Address: Liberal Arts Building, Sichuan University, No.24, South Section 1, Yihuan Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; Postcode: 610064; Email: zhansc@263.net;Gu Zongzheng, Leader, Bo County Team, “Hundred Years Taoist Research and Innovation Project“ Specially Entrusted by the National Social Science Foundation; Secretary General, Laozi Research Association, Qiaocheng District, Bo County.

Abstract: There have been different opinions on the domicile place and birthplace of Laozi since the Ming Dynasty. According to literature records, the present Luyi County on the south bank of Guo River and the “Taiqing Palace“ which is ten miles to the east of Luyi County, have been regarded as the “Hometown of Laozi“ for hundreds of years, which are conventional though, neither of them reflects the truth. In analyzing the phenomenon, that is not a deliberately false, but an evolutive symbol of “hometown of Laozi” in the change of administrative divisions during the Yuan and Ming dynasties.

Key words: The South Bank of the Guo River, The east of the Guangxiang city, Luyi County, The birthplace of Laozi in Taiqing Palace