Ko Hsuan
c. 220-280 CE
aka: Ge Xuan (pinyin)--Ge is his Chinese surname,
and Xuan means "mysterious". Ko Hsuan is the old
Wade-Giles romanization of this name.
Chinese:
葛玄
c. 220-280 CE
aka: Ge Xuan (pinyin)--Ge is his Chinese surname,
and Xuan means "mysterious". Ko Hsuan is the old
Wade-Giles romanization of this name.
Chinese:
葛玄
Chinese Daoist
lived in the 3 Kingdoms Period of Chinese history, and
was the reputed author of a Daoist book called The
Classic of Purity
lived in the 3 Kingdoms Period of Chinese history, and
was the reputed author of a Daoist book called The
Classic of Purity
| oshobob The Living Workshop |
| People in Osho's Talks |
| Osho has a 2-volume series of talks using Ko Hsuan's Classic of Purity, titled: Tao: The Golden Gate, Vol. 1 Tao: The Golden Gate, Vol. 2 |
| I can understand Ko Hsuan's contemplating over the matter ten thousand times – whether to write it down or not – because when you say something to people, if they are stupid people, they are bound to forget it very soon. If they are mediocre people they will not bother even to listen; they won't care. But once it is written down then they will read it, study it; then it will become part of their schools, colleges and universities, and stupid scholars will ponder over it and they will write great scholarly treatises on it. People who know nothing will be talking about it for centuries and the truth will be lost in all that noise that scholars make – they will argue for and against... --Osho Tao: The Golden Gate, Vol. 1, ch. 1 |