[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) › 3.67 # 佛祖歷代通載 3.67 佛祖歷代通載 3.67 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.3.67) （二十五　丁巳）　老聃氏。於是年九月十四日生于楚國陳郡苦縣賴鄉曲仁里。魏書云。老聃父姓韓名乾字元畢。母曰精敷。二合而娠。孕八十年而生於李樹下。因以為姓。名耳字伯陽。身長四尺六寸。額凸眉麁反唇騫鼻髆尖𦜮闊聃耳髼頭。故諡曰聃。以疑獨之道祕于心。三寶之德資于用。一曰慈。二曰儉。三曰不敢為天下先。景王己卯紫氣浮關。欲往流沙。時有函關令尹喜。知道之人也。乃請言教。老氏遂著道德二篇。合五千言。皆評大道也。既而弗克。至于流沙。薨于槐里。年八十四歲。時有秦佚之弔。三號而出。是知天命殞于周也。 > (Year 25, dingsi) Lao Dan was born on the fourteenth day of the ninth month of this year in Quren Hamlet, Lai Village, Ku County, Chen Commandery, in the state of Chu. The Book of Wei states: Lao Dan's father had the surname Han, personal name Qian, and courtesy name Yuanbi; his mother was named Jingfu. The two united and she became pregnant; after carrying him for eighty years, he was born under a plum (li) tree, which was taken as his surname. His personal name was Er and his courtesy name was Boyang. He was four feet six inches tall, with a protruding forehead, thick eyebrows, turned-up lips, an upturned nose, pointed shoulders, a broad back, drooping ears, and disheveled hair; therefore his posthumous name was Dan. He kept secret in his heart the Way of independent solitary wonder, and relied in practice on the virtue of the Three Treasures: first, compassion; second, frugality; third, not daring to be foremost in the world. In the jimao year of King Jing, purple vapor floated over the pass, and he wished to go to the shifting sands. At that time Yin Xi, the magistrate of Hangu Pass, was a man who understood the Way; he asked for verbal teachings, so Laozi composed two chapters on the Dao and De, totaling five thousand words, all commenting upon the Great Way. Afterward, unable to reach the shifting sands, he died at Huaili at the age of eighty-four. At that time, Qin Yi came to mourn him, gave three wails, and departed. From this it is known that his heavenly mandate ended in the Zhou. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.3.66) - [Next: 3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.3.68) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.3.67) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.3.67) · Pramāṇa