A Study On The Completion Time Of Lao Tzu And The Early Relationship Between Confucianism And Taoism

Lao Tzu,recorded Laozi’s thoughts,has always attracted attention due to its rich connotation.Related issues are also constantly arousing discussion,but some questions have not been well answered so far.Fortunately,with the publication of a large number of unearthed documents in recent years,it has brought new opportunities for the study of the completion of Lao Tzu and the early relationship between Confucianism and Taoism.To this end,this article is guided by the "dual evidence method",to comprehensively analyze and sort out unearthed documents and handed down documents.By investigating the characteristics of Laozi’s identity and the characteristics of the times,explore the time when Lao Tzu’s was written.And on this basis,to make a brief summary of the relationship between Confucius and Laozi,the early relationship between Confucianism and Taoism.The first chapter,discusses the writing time of Lao Tzu from the unearthed documents.Analyze from the characteristics of the bamboo slips,the generation and development process of the universe reflected in the article,and the relationship between them and the text of Lao Tzu.The paper analyzes the three unearthed documents of Lao Tzu on Guodian Bamboo Slips,Taiyishengshui on Guodian Bamboo Slips and Hengxian on Shanghai Museum Bamboo Slips.Lao Tzu on Guodian Bamboo Slips unearthed late in the middle of the Warring States period Chu Tomb in Guodian One.Through the analysis of its ideological content,it is believed that the view that "Lao Tzu was written until late in the early Warring States period" is more scientific and reasonable.After that,through the analysis of the content of the essays in Taiyishengshui on Guodian Bamboo Slips and Hengxian on Shanghai Museum Bamboo Slips,it is found that both are deeply influenced by the thoughts of Lao Tzu.And it is finally concluded that "Lao Tzu was written until late in the early Warring States period" view.Chapter Two is the analysis of the relationship between Confucius and Laozi.On the basis of the viewpoint that "Lao Tzu was written until late in the early Warring States period",two issues of Laozi’s identity and the relationship between Confucius and Laozi were discussed.The first section starts with documents of the pre-Qin period and the Han Dynasties such as Chuang-Tzu、Records of the Grand Historian,to summarized and analyzed the records related to Laozi,and find that Laozi is Chen Guo in the late Spring and Autumn Period,a person who "harmony with history",and Lao Tzu reflects Laozi’s own thoughts.The second section mainly uses the documents of the pre-Qin period、the documents and the stone reliefs of the Han Dynasty.This article analyzed the authenticity of "Confucius sees Laozi" and the changes in the relationship between Confucius and Laozi with the changes in the social environment of the Han Dynasty.The third chapter is the study of the early relationship between Confucianism and Taoism from Confucius and Laozi.By summarizing the era and cultural background of the emergence of early Taoism and Confucianism,discussed the circumstances in which Laozi and Confucius,the founders of Taoism and Confucianism,inherited and developed the spiritual connotations of "morality" and "ritual system" in the Western Zhou Dynasty.Later,based on the important differences in the text content between Lao Tzu on Guodian bamboo slips and the handed down version of Lao Tzu,discussed the similarities between the ideas of "benevolence" and "ritual" between the early Confucianism and Taoism.In addition,"Confucius sees Laozi" and the common between early Confucianism and Taoism contribute to the establishment of the view that "Lao Tzu was written until late in the early Warring States period" view.