Text: Laozi daquan pusa jing 老子大權菩薩經

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Title	Laozi daquan pusa jing 老子大權菩薩經 [Zürcher 1959/2007]
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No	[Zürcher 1959/2007] Zürcher, Erik. The Buddhist Conquest of China: The Spread and Adaptation of Buddhism in Early Medieval China. Third Edition. Leiden: Brill, 1959 (2007 reprint). — 312-314	Laozi daquan pusa jing 老子大權菩薩經	Zürcher argues that the Laozi daquan pusa jing 老子大權菩薩經 is one of a series of “apocryphal” texts to extend the theory that Laozi, Confucius and sometimes Yan Hui and mythical Chinese Emperors were "Buddhist Saints". This theory, Zürcher suggests, was a response to the Daoist huahu 化胡 theory which claimed that the Buddha was in fact Laozi. This text is now lost, but, according to Zürcher, it is extensively quoted in Buddhist literature from the sixth and seventh centuries. Entry author: Michael Radich Edit	Title: Laozi daquan pusa jing 老子大權菩薩經

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[Zürcher 1959/2007] Zürcher, Erik. The Buddhist Conquest of China: The Spread and Adaptation of Buddhism in Early Medieval China. Third Edition. Leiden: Brill, 1959 (2007 reprint). — 312-314

Laozi daquan pusa jing 老子大權菩薩經

Zürcher argues that the Laozi daquan pusa jing 老子大權菩薩經 is one of a series of “apocryphal” texts to extend the theory that Laozi, Confucius and sometimes Yan Hui and mythical Chinese Emperors were "Buddhist Saints". This theory, Zürcher suggests, was a response to the Daoist huahu 化胡 theory which claimed that the Buddha was in fact Laozi. This text is now lost, but, according to Zürcher, it is extensively quoted in Buddhist literature from the sixth and seventh centuries.

Entry author: Michael Radich

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Title: Laozi daquan pusa jing 老子大權菩薩經