廣弘明集 9.135

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9.135

Furthermore, Fan Li's son was executed in Qi; why did he not practice his father's arts of transformation to escape himself? Also, the Zaotiandi jing claims that Laozi was lodged in the womb of King You's queen, which makes him King You's son; as an archivist, he was King You's subject. The Huahu jing says that Laozi became Dongfang Shuo during the Han. If it were truly so, when King You was slain by the Quanrong, could he not have cared enough for his sovereign and father to give him a divine talisman to prevent his death?

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