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- Pinyin:
- Du Guangting
- Born:
- 850
- Died:
- 933 (aged 83)
- Subjects Of Study:
- Tianshidao
- Lingbao
- āTao-te Chingā
- Taoism
- scripture
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Tu Kuang-tāing
Taoist scholar
Also known as: Du Guangting
Tu Kuang-tāing (born 850ādied 933) was a Taoist scholar of the Tāang period who contributed to the development of Taoist liturgical ritual and the blending of the Tāien-shih and Ling-pao scriptures. His ideas on Taoist ritual were especially influential in the articulation of the common Taoist āfasting,ā or chia, rites and of the liturgies, or chiao, of communal renewal. He also wrote a famous commentary on the Tao-te ching and several important hagiographical accounts of Taoist immortals and adepts.
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