[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036) › 21.91 # 佛祖歷代通載 21.91 佛祖歷代通載 21.91 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [21.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.21.91) 大都道者山雲峯禪寺住持。如意祥邁長老。奉勅撰辯偽錄五卷。其略云。妄立天尊偽（化云。道者萬化之父母。自然之極尊於此幽玄微妙之中而生空洞。空洞者。真一也。真一之氣化生之後歷九十九萬億九十九萬歲。乃化生上三氣。三氣相去九十九萬億九十九萬歲。三合成德共生無上。乃虛皇天尊。又歷如上歲數。乃生中三氣。三合成德乃生玄老。即元始天尊也。又歷如上歲數。乃生下三氣。三合成德共生太上。即太上道君也。自後又一氣復生三氣。每氣相去八十一萬億八十一萬歲。三合成德共生李老君。雖四聖相次各不相因。謂之獨化。老君生後乃生五運謂太易。太初。太始。太素。太極○老君混沌之祖。宗天地之父母。故能分布清濁開闢乾坤）。 > Abbot of Yunfeng Chan Monastery on Mount Dawozhe in Dadu, the Elder Ruyi Xiangmai, composed the Record of Disputing the Spurious in five fascicles by imperial decree. Its outline states: Falsely establishing the Heavenly Worthy, the spurious \[transformation texts say: 'The Way is the father and mother of the myriad transformations, the supreme venerated one of nature. From within this dark, profound, and subtle emptiness, the Void was born. The Void is the True One. After the qi of the True One transformed and came into being, nine hundred and ninety billion nine hundred and ninety myriad years passed, and then the upper three qi were transformed and born. The three qi were separated from each other by nine hundred and ninety billion nine hundred and ninety myriad years. The three merged into virtue and together produced the Unsurpassed; this is the Heavenly Worthy of the Void Sovereign. Again passing through the same number of years as above, the middle three qi were born. The three merged into virtue and produced the Mysterious Venerable One, who is the Heavenly Worthy of Primordial Beginning. Again passing through the same number of years as above, the lower three qi were born. The three merged into virtue and together produced the Supreme One, who is the Supreme Lord of the Way. Thereafter, one qi again produced three qi, each qi separated by eight hundred and ten billion eight hundred and ten myriad years. The three merged into virtue and together produced Lord Li Lao. Although the four sages followed one after another, each did not cause the other; this is called solitary transformation. After Laozi was born, the Five Movements were born, namely Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, Taisu, and Taiji. Laozi is the ancestor of Chaos, the patriarch and father and mother of Heaven and Earth; therefore he was able to divide the clear and the turbid and open up Qian and Kun'\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 21.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.21.90) - [Next: 21.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.21.92) - [Up: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.21) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.21.91) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [辯偽錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2116.1.9) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.21.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.21.91) · Pramāṇa