Timeline
event records from the timeline content collection — 18 records.
| id | title | periodStart | periodEnd | eventType |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| baopuzi-composition | Baopuzi Composed (c. 314–320s CE) | c. 314 CE | c. 320s CE | text compilation |
| baopuzi-shouyi | Ge Hong's Baopuzi: Shouyi Systematized (c. 320 CE) | c. 320 CE | c. 320 CE | text compilation |
| cheng-men-li-xue | Cheng Yi and Yang Shi: Standing in Snow (1093 CE) | 1093 CE | 1093 CE | foundational episode |
| daoshu-neiguan-zuowang | Daoshu: 'Inner Contemplation Is Sitting in Oblivion' (12th c.) | 1100 | 1200 | compilation |
| guodian-daodejing | Guodian Daodejing Manuscripts (c. 300 BCE or earlier) | before 300 BCE | 1993 CE (excavation) | manuscript discovery |
| heshang-gong-commentary | The Heshang Gong Commentary (c. 2nd c. CE) | c. Eastern Han (conventional scholarly dating, c. 1st–2nd c. CE); the legend places it under Emperor Wen of Han | c. 300 CE (the recension's rise as the standard received text; Tang examination use later) | commentarial tradition |
| huangting-jing-dantian | Huangting Jing: The Three-Dantian System (c. 3rd–4th c.) | 250 | 400 | scripture |
| kou-qianzhi-reform | Kou Qianzhi's Reform (415–442 CE) | c. 415 CE (the first revelation, the deified Laozi's commission) | 442 CE (Emperor Taiwu takes registers at the altar) | institutional reform |
| liezi-compilation | Liezi Compiled (Jin Era, c. 285–400 CE) | c. 285 CE (terminus post quem: the Sheng Jing borrowing demonstrated by Ji Xianlin) | c. 400 CE (Zhang Zhan's commentary, late Eastern Jin) | text compilation |
| qingjing-neiguan-jing | Qingjing Jing and Neiguan Jing Composed (Six Dynasties–Early Tang) | 6th c. CE | early 7th c. CE | text composition |
| shangqing-revelations | The Shangqing Revelations (364–370 CE) | 364 CE (first year of the revelations, Emperor Ai's reign) | c. 500 CE (Tao Hongjing's Zhengao compilation, from his 492 retreat to Maoshan) | revelation and compilation |
| shiji-biographies | Shiji Biographies of Laozi and Zhuang Zhou (c. 100 BCE) | c. 100 BCE | c. 100 BCE | earliest biography |
| taiping-jing-shouyi | Taiping Jing: Shouyi and the Exit Conditions (Eastern Han) | Eastern Han (2nd c. CE) | Eastern Han (2nd c. CE) | text compilation |
| wangbi-laozi-commentary | Wang Bi's Laozi Commentary (c. 249 CE) | c. 240s CE (composition, under Cao Wei) | 249 CE (Wang Bi's death); the commentary's rise as the standard philosophical text follows | commentarial tradition |
| xiao-zhiguan-five-adjustments | Xiao Zhiguan: The Five Adjustments (6th c.) | 550 | 600 | manual |
| zhuangzi-compilation | The Zhuangzi Takes Shape (c. 4th–2nd c. BCE) | -350 | -150 | compilation |
| zhuzi-yulei-jingzuo | Zhu Xi Prescribes Jingzuo: 'Half a Day Sitting, Half a Day Reading' (12th c.) | 12th c. CE | 12th c. CE | recorded teaching |
| zuowang-lun-composition | Sima Chengzhen Writes the Zuowang Lun (Tang) | early 8th c. CE | 735 CE | text composition |