Wenzi

The Wenzi (Chinese: 文子; pinyin: Wénzǐ; Wade–Giles: Wen-tzu; literally: "[Book of] Master Wen"), or Tongxuan zhenjing (Chinese: 通玄真經; pinyin: Tōngxuán zhēnjīng; Wade–Giles: T'ung-hsuan chen-ching; literally: "Authentic Scripture of Pervading Mystery"), is a Daoist classic allegedly written by a disciple of Laozi. Although generations of Chinese scholars have dismissed the Wenzi as a plagiarism or forgery, in 1973 archeologists excavating a 55 BCE tomb discovered a Wenzi copied on bamboo strips.

The eponymous title Wenzi 文子 "Master Wen", suffixed with -zi "child; person; master (title of respect)", is analogous with other Hundred Schools of Thought texts like Zhuangzi and Mozi. Wen "written character; literature; refinement; culture" is an infrequent Chinese surname, and "Wenzi" is interpretable as a nom de plume denoting "Master of Literature/Culture". Compare the common Chinese word wenzi 文字 "characters; script; writing; written language".

In 742 CE, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang canonized the Wenzi as a Daoist scripture (along with the Daode jing, Zhuangzi, and Liezi) honorifically called the Tongxuan zhenjing 通玄真經 "Authentic Scripture of Pervading Mystery". The emperor posthumously styled Wenzi as the Tongxuan Zhenren 通玄真人 "Authentic Person of Pervading Mystery".

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