| Abstract |
The thought of twofold mystery（重玄） in Daoism is the main issue which this essay has focused on. And it is related to a new trend of thought which has been evolved interior Daoism among Six dynasties to Tang dynasty. The master priest Cheng Hsuan-Ying（成玄英） in early Tang dynasty has made a comprehensive account of twofold mystery（重玄） in his book “commentary of Tao-Te Ching”（《老子義疏》）, which is the basis of this research. Regarding to the discussion of twofold mystery（重玄）, it has been analyzed by the scholars from the perspective of the history of Chinese philosophy, and twofold mystery（重玄） has been regarded as a descendant of Wei-Jin Thought（魏晉玄學）, directly followed the thought of Wei-Jin dynasties（魏晉）. On the other hand, it occasionally plays a role of a comparison of Buddhism in academic research. We are going to review the previous studies and to further discuss the methodologies of analysis the former scholars used. In this sense, we hope to redefine the concept of twofold mystery （重玄）of Cheng Hsuan-Ying （成玄英）. With the new definition, we are able to develop a new method for studying this issue. In the meantime, we can apply the text materials in different ways and lead it to a new interpretation.
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