Zhang Lu 張魯

Zhang Lu 張魯 (? - 216)

Zhang Lu was een van de religieuse leiders van de daoistische beweging 'Weg van de Hemelse Meesters'.
Hij is de vermoedelijke auteur van de Xiang'er. Dit is een van de oudste commentaren bij de Daodejing en stamt uit de late Han periode.

Terry Kleeman schrijft:
Zhang Lu was the grandson of *Zhang Daoling and the third hereditary leader of the Way of the Celestial Masters (Tianshi dao). While alive he was called simply “master” (shijun 師君) and early church documents refer to him as the “continuing master” (xishi 系師). Zhang Lu’s mother was said to possess demonic arts (guidao 鬼道) and maintained a “youthful appearance” (shaorong 少容); through these arts she drew close to Liu Yan 劉焉, Governor of Yizhou 益州 (Sichuan), and no doubt facilitated Lu’s rise to power.
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In fact, Zhang Lu’s role in the founding of the Celestial Master sect was of great significance. All of the social features of the sect, including the system of parishes (zhi), the “charity lodges” (yishe 義舍), the public works, the Three Assemblies (sanhui), etc., are clearly attested only within the context of Lu’s millennial Hanzhong state, though all are sometimes traced back to Zhang Daoling. Moreover, Lu is the likely author of the Xiang’er commentary to the Laozi (Bokenkamp 1997, 58–59). As such, he can be seen as a significant theorist within the Taoist Church. His grandfather usually gets the credit, but Lu can legitimately be called the father of Taoist religion, much as Paul is the father of Christianity. (bron: Terry Kleeman in Pregadio 2008 The Encyclopedia of Taoism p 1233)

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Bokenkamp, Stephen R. (1997). Early Daoist Scriptures. University of California Press. *
ISBN10: 0520219317

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--- (1993). Traces of Early Celestial Master Physiological Practice in the Xiang'er Commentary. Taoist resources, Vol. 4/2, pag. 37-57. *.

Boltz, William G. (1982). The religious and philosophical significance of the Hsiang erh Lao tzu in the light of the light of the Ma-wang-tui silk manuscripts. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 45 (1), pag. 95-117. *.

Puett, Michael J. (2004). Forming Spirits for the Way : The Cosmology of the Xiang'er commentary to the Laozi. Journal of Chinese Religions, Vol. Vol 32 p1-27 *.
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