《老子》流传的相关问题考论

A Textual Research on Some Issues Related to Lao TZu

最初,《老子》一书并无专门书名,只用作者姓氏“老子”称之。西汉时,开始有人拟“六经”而称之为《老子经》。东汉末年,道教兴起,许多道教团体纷纷以老子为宗,尊其为教主,其书《老子》亦为道教信徒附以宗教化、神秘化的色彩。魏晋之际,随着道、佛之争的激化,以梁谌、王浮为代表的楼观道为了抗衡佛教,以汉代流传的老子、尹喜“西升化胡说”为依据,大量造作经书,《老子》又名《道德经》应在此时。

At the very beginning, the book Lao Tzu did not have its title, and it was the writer' s family name. In West Han dynasty, 'Six Classics' were drafted, and called Lao Tzu Ching. During the late East Han dynasty, there appeared a large amount of classical books, Lao Tzu was called Too Te Ching.