[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) › [辯偽錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2116) › 1.9 # 辯偽錄 1.9 辯偽錄 1.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2116.1.9) 第一化云。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。第五化云。老君混沌之祖宗。天地之父母。故能分布清濁開闢乾坤。 > The first transformation states: 'The Dao is the father and mother of the myriad transformations, the supreme venerated one of spontaneity. Within this profound, dark, subtle, and wondrous \[state\], the Void was born. The Void is the True One. After the pneumas of the True One transformed and gave birth, nine hundred ninety-nine myriad billion, nine hundred ninety-nine myriad years elapsed, and then they transformed and gave birth to the Upper Three Pneumas. The three pneumas were separated from each other by nine hundred ninety-nine myriad billion, nine hundred ninety-nine myriad years. Combining their three virtues, they jointly gave birth to the Unsurpassed, who is the Heavenly Worthy of the Void Sovereign. Passing through the same number of years again, they gave birth to the Middle Three Pneumas. Combining their three virtues, they gave birth to Xuanlao, that is, the Heavenly Worthy of Primordial Beginning. Passing through the same number of years again, they gave birth to the Lower Three Pneumas. Combining their three virtues, they jointly gave birth to the Supreme, that is, the Supreme Dao Lord. Thereafter, one purna again gave birth to three pneumas, each pneuma separated from the other by eighty-one myriad billion, eighty-one myriad years. Combining their three virtues, they jointly gave birth to Li, Lord Lao. Although the four sages followed one another in sequence, each was not caused by the other; this is called independent transformation. After Lord Lao was born, he then gave birth to the Five Phases of Cosmic Change: namely, Taiyi (Great Change), Taichu (Great Beginning), Taishi (Great Origin), Taisu (Great Simplicity), and Taiji (Great Ultimate).' The fifth transformation states: 'Lord Lao is the ancestor of Chaos, the father and mother of Heaven and Earth. Therefore he was able to distribute the clear and the turbid, and open and cleave Qian and Kun \[Heaven and Earth\].' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2116.1.8) - [Next: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2116.1.10) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2116.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2116~en-mt.1.9) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.21.91) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2116.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2116.1.9) · Pramāṇa