Where is Laozi's hometown?

The hometown dispute originated in Luyi County, Henan Province. For thousands of years, it has been recognized by the government and the people as the hometown of Laozi. But since 1990' s, there has been a saying that "Laozi's hometown is in Yang Guo", so the dispute between the two places began for nearly 20 years. The dispute between the two places begins as follows: 1990. In June, Taiqinggong Town in Luyi County welcomed a guest from Taiwan Province-Ma Bingwen (originally from Yang Guo) from China Taoist College in Taipei, accompanied by Zhang Jingzhi, president of the Lao Tzu Society in Lu Yi. After returning to Taiwan Province, Ma Bingwen wrote a letter to Zhang Jingzhi: "It is a lifelong honor to come to the birthplace of Laozi to worship his ancestors." On July 28th of the same year, a native of Lao Zi's hometown, Lu Yiren, greeted Ma Bingwen (a native of Yang Guo) and wrote to Zhang Jingzhi: "The existing buildings in Laojuntai and Taiqing Palace are old and deserted, and I want to raise money to repair them, but I don't know how much they will cost ...". It didn't take long to receive more than $6.5438+0 million in donations. 1990165438+1October 17 Ma Bingwen wrote another letter to Zhang Jingzhi, saying that after his investigation, Lao Zi was born in Yang Guo for more reasons than Lu Yi. Ma Bingwen suddenly proposed that Lao Tzu's hometown was not Lu Yi, but Yang Guo, his hometown, which was difficult for Lu Yiren to accept for a while. On this matter, the main parties, Ma Bingwen and Zhang Jingzhi, have both passed away, and the entanglements are hard to speculate. However, Yang Guo once published an article in the media, "Where is Laozi's hometown", which described another version. The article said, "1March, 988, Ma Bingwen returned to Yang Guo again, and was very satisfied after on-the-spot investigation. It was also from that year that his grandson Ma Jie began to dig at Wujiahe in Zhengdian Village at his own expense. He discovered nine wells and dug up more than ten stone slabs and a large number of Han bricks, porcelain and other cultural relics. In the following years, Ma Bingwen moved between Yang Guo and Lu Yi. By comparison, in the end, Lu Yi, who was eager to see it quickly, could only watch this 1 10,000 US dollars invested in Yang Guo, thus opening the prelude to the dispute between the two counties in the past 20 years.

"Laozi's hometown is in Lu Yi, Henan Province" Evidence Laozi's hometown is Taiqinggong Town, Luyi County, Henan Province. There are both ancient documents and unearthed cultural relics as evidence, and the geographical location of the investigation is completely close. At the same time, it also proves that the statement that Laozi's hometown is in Yang Guo is not sufficient. Ancient and modern scholars have put forward many opinions on the location of Laozi's hometown. Among them, Liu Pangsheng's theory (KLOC-0/998) is the most conclusive and widespread, while his theory is the most confusing and fallacious (Sun 2002, 2003). This paper re-demonstrates Lu Yi's theory from four aspects, but Yang Guo's theory is untenable. The documentary records about Lao Zi's hometown were first found in Sima Qian's Historical Records and Biographies of Lao Zi. It reads: "I am also from Qurenli, Li Xiang, Chuku County." Chu is an ancient Chu State, Guxian is now Luyi County, and (or Lai Township) is Luyi County.

Taiqing Palace Town, east of Laozi's hometown, Qurenli is the seat of the township government-Taiqing Palace Collection. This is irrefutable evidence, and it has lasted for generations. For example, Guku County is now Lu Yi, and there are several public and private works.

The underground evidence is conclusive. 1997, the archaeological team of Henan Province unearthed in Taiqinggong Town for several weeks.

Bronze Ding cultural relics and inscriptions from Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties were unearthed at Longshan Cultural Site in Taiqing Palace, Lu Yi, Henan Province, and the palace site in Song Dynasty was discovered. The whole building area is 24,000 square meters, of which one is 3,000 square meters, which is twice that of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City. In 1980s, the Henan People's Government allocated funds for restoration, and built Taijitang, Notre Dame Cathedral, Doll Hall, fence and mountain gate. And re-carved the jade statue of the old man and placed it in Taijitang. Excavation was carried out in Yinshan site, and rammed earth buildings, sacrificial pits, horse pits and large tombs from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Shang Dynasty were found. There are three pits and four pits in the horse pit, usually four horses are buried together (so-called one bed). The horse skeleton is arranged in an orderly manner, and placed in the posture of four horses riding a cart. There are traces of bronze ornaments and belts on the horse's head, and every horse is buried with pots, pots and other pottery. The tomb is a Han-shaped tomb with two tombs, 47.5 meters long from north to south and 7.5 meters wide. 13 bones of buried people and 1 bones of dogs were found in the tomb. There are a large number of exquisite cultural relics in the tomb, including 68 bronze containers, more than 20 weapons and tools, more than 80 jade articles, 100 ceramics and a large number of coins, shells and bones. Most of the unearthed bronzes are wine vessels, and there are many square vessels, such as Fang Zun and Fang Zi. The more special shape is a dragon-shaped canopy with three dragon cards lying on it and a reed below. Pale yellow liquid is still preserved in the wine, and the fragrance of the wine remains the same. Some bronzes have inscriptions, such as the eldest son, the eldest son's mouth and Godin. Among them, the eldest son has the most mouths, so it can be determined that the owner of the tomb should be the "eldest son". Jade articles include ritual vessels such as ge and Dao, ritual jade and ornaments such as walls, rings, yellow, handles and strips, and jade carvings such as cows, tigers, deer and birds. There are stone chimes, brass cymbals, bone flutes and other musical instruments unearthed, and five pieces of bone flutes, two of which are better, are the earliest flutes found in China at present, which has advanced the history of flute making by hundreds of years. According to the characteristics of unearthed artifacts and burial customs, the age of the tomb should be from the end of Shang Dynasty to the beginning of Zhou Dynasty (Liu Yuzhen 2003). As can be seen from archaeological discoveries, as early as the end of Shang Dynasty and the beginning of Zhou Dynasty, it was the military stronghold or square country of the central dynasty, with a long history and rich cultural heritage.