In the present article a new case will be made for the philosophical and religious merit of the Xiang’er commentary to the Laozi. Throughout the text there is a normative emphasis on reaching sagehood and the levels of obedience and cultivation that this entails. The Xiang’er prescribes a preparatory morality that readies Daoist practitioners for the eventual return to the Dao from which everything sprang. While this creates a temporary equilibrium in which commoners are held in check by a matrix of morality, this is but a stepping stone towards the ultimate dismantling of the edifice of human consciousness and the cosmic return to the Dao, as of yet the prerogative of sages. This creates a grim religious worldview in which humans are tasked with muting the clamour of the species in order to restore the original calm and stillness of the cosmic Dao.

本文将对《香儿老子注》的哲学和宗教价值进行新的论证。在整个文本中，规范性地强调了达到圣人以及由此带来的服从和修养水平。湘儿_规定了一种预备道德，使道教修行者为最终回归万物起源的道做好准备。虽然这创造了一种暂时的平衡，在这种平衡中平民受到道德矩阵的制约，但这只是通往最终拆除人类意识大厦和宇宙回归道的垫脚石，因为圣人的特权. 这创造了一种严峻的宗教世界观，在这种世界观中，人类的任务是压制物种的喧嚣，以恢复宇宙道的原始平静和静止。