Lao Tzu, surnamed Li Ming'er, is a native of Qurenli, Se Township, Kuxian County.
The mother was eighty-one years pregnant, born in the ninth year of Yin Wuding, and was born on the 15th day of February in Gengchen.
Lao Tzu was born with a white hair and beard, so the world called him Lao Tzu and took Li Shu as his surname.
From the Yin Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty, King Wen hired him as a guard room, and after King Wu defeated the Yin Dynasty, he promoted him to the title of Zhuxia Shi.
During the reign of King Zhao, he went west into the quicksand, and when he arrived at Youwang, he returned to China.
Confucius once consulted him on etiquette, and Lao Tzu told Confucius that a gentleman should drive when the time is right, and hide when he is not right.
I have heard that good businessmen are hidden as if they were nothing, and that a gentleman has great virtue but is outwardly stupid.
That's all I tell you now.
After saying goodbye, Confucius said to **: I know that a bird can fly, a fish I know that it can swim, and a beast I know that it can run.
Those who run can be caught with nets, those who swim can be fished with silk thread, and those who fly can be shot with arrows.
As for the dragon, I don't know how it rode the storm to the sky.
I saw Lao Tzu today, he probably looks like a dragon.
Lao Tzu saw that the Zhou Dynasty was declining, so he left the Zhou Dynasty.
When he arrived at Hangu Pass, Guan Ling Yin Xi was good at observing the weather, and when he saw the purple air floating pass, he knew that a saint was coming here, so he guarded the pass and waited.
I met Lao Tzu driving a green ox cart and was about to go west out of Hanguguan.
Yin Xi begged: You are about to live in seclusion, reluctantly write a book for me.
So Lao Tzu wrote a book divided into two parts, totaling more than 5,000 words, and handed it to Yin Xicai to leave, and no one knew where he ended up.
Now Bozhou Taiqing Palace is the place where his former residence was born, and the Sacred Palace of Zhongnan Mountain Sect in Jingzhao Xulu County is the ancient Louguan Sutra Teaching Office.
Lao Tzu is the incarnation of Taiqing Taishang Laojun, Emperor Gaozong of Tang gave him the title of Emperor Taishang Xuanyuan, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty gave him the title of Emperor Xuanyuan of Taisheng Ancestor Gaoshang Dao, and Emperor Zhenzong of Song gave him the title of Emperor Taishang Laojun and Emperor Shangde.
Praise said: Since ancient times, the Tao is natural, and there are twelve chapters. The white deer came from the east, and the green ox passed away to the west. The moral law is natural and inactive, subtle and subtle. No image can exist before heaven and earth.