Can you live forever

Chapter 117 Xitian mentions the scriptures and asks about Buddhism and Taoism

We often say that there is a semi-sage in Ming Dynasty, Wang Yangming and Zhang Juzheng.

but.

Among the three immortals of meritorious service, speech, and morality, there is a person who has never established virtue, but he surpassed Wang Yangming and Zhang Juzheng in meritorious service, and also surpassed them in Liyan.

That is - Yao Guangxiao.

We checked the "Yongle Canon", and it was said that Xie Jin and Yao Guangxiao co-edited it, but it was wrong. First, Xie Jin was the editor-in-chief, but he failed to edit.

Xie Jin took only 147 people with him, and spent a year compiling "The Great Completion of Literature" casually, and handed it over to Zhu Di.

When Zhu Di saw that it was full of Confucian classics, he was furious: Is this what I want?What I want is all things, all the books of classics and history since the book contract, as for astronomy, topography, yin and yang, medicine and divination, monks and Taoism, and skills, they are compiled into one book!
It's not your Confucian family's words!

Immediately dismiss Xie Jin as the editor-in-chief and let Yao Guangxiao be the editor-in-chief. As a result, the editorial team expanded to 2196 people, and at the peak it exceeded 3000 people. It took five full years to complete the compilation.

The book has 22877 volumes, 11095 volumes, about 3.7 million words!Gather seven or eight thousand kinds of ancient and modern books!
This is the Yongle Encyclopedia known to future generations, the encyclopedia that gathers all the essence of civilization.

To compile such a book, what are the requirements for the editor-in-chief?
Naturally, the overall planner must be proficient in encyclopedias!He must know astronomy from the top and geography from the bottom, and the theories of a hundred schools of thought, otherwise he will not be able to be the editor-in-chief.

And Yao Guangxiao did it.

From this we can see how vast the wisdom of this monk is. Mr. Yangming's attainment of "heart" has reached the sky, but his attainment of "reason" is not as far as Yao Guangxiao's.

secular sayings.

Yao Guangxiao died of illness at Qingshou Temple in the 16th year of Yongle. In fact, the old monk did not die.

Since then, he has ignored common affairs, even though the emperors of all dynasties knew that he was not dead, Yao Guangxiao was not willing to see them all when they came to visit.

Seeing it, I will not give advice on worldly affairs.

Jiajing came the most often, and Yao Guangxiao would see him every time, because Jiajing never asked about political affairs, and sometimes he didn't chat, but listened to the old monk reciting Buddhist scriptures.

"You splashing monkey, come to disturb my Qingxiu again."

Yao Guangxiao first "criticized" Jiajing, and then said to Zhang Zhixiang: "There is only an unknown old monk here, and there is no monk Daoyan as the benefactor said."

Zhang Zhixiang knew that he had said something wrong, and was about to apologize.

Jiajing took the hoe from Yao Guangxiao's hand, turned over the ground, and said, "Old monk, this is the precious apprentice I gave you, you have to take good care of it."

"If you miss this crop, no one will pass on your mantle in the future."

The old monk grabbed the hoe, pushed Jiajing away, and said, "You savage monkey, just threaten me and destroy my medicine field. Don't wave your hoe if you don't know how to farm."

"I didn't threaten you. It's really your style. Only Anping can learn it."

"Anping, come here."

Jiajing waved to him, Zhang Zhixiang just walked past the wooden stack, Jiajing held his shoulders, and asked Yao Guangxiao: "Old monk, do you want to accept this apprentice, give me an answer."

Yao Guangxiao put down the hoe, patted the mud on his hands and said, "I have to answer a question."

Jiajing quickly pushed Zhang Zhixiang.

Zhang Zhixiang came to his senses, saluted and said, "Excuse me, sir."

Yao Guangxiao sat down on the wooden table beside him, wiped his hands with a rag, and was about to pour tea, but Jiajing was ahead of him, so he waited for the tea to come, took a sip of tea, and then asked, "Three teachings Same origin, why not?"

Zhang Zhixiang fell into deep thought when he heard this question.

for a long time.

He raised his head, looked at the old monk and said, "The Dao is cracked, and a hundred schools of thought come out. All dharmas come from the same source."

"Taoism solves the relationship between man and nature, Confucianism solves the relationship between people, and Buddhism solves the relationship between man and himself."

"Only by being proficient in the three religions can one attain the Dao and complete the unity of man and nature."

Zhang Zhixiang could only do his best to answer.

However, Yao Guangxiao's evaluation was: "No."

"Give you another chance."

"Answer well."

Zhang Zhixiang's heart sank, and Jiajing on the side also clenched his fists nervously. The scene seemed to be still, only the old monk was drinking tea, and he was about to put down the cup when he saw that the cup of tea was exhausted.

Zhang Zhixiang finally spoke.

This made Jiajing heave a sigh of relief, but Zhang Zhixiang did not answer, but asked, "Could it be that Buddhism is a local religion?"

Jiajing was a little stunned, and went to see the old monk, but the old monk smiled.

He asked, "Why do you see it this way?"

Zhang Zhixiang said earnestly: "Buddhism was spread to China and only when it was integrated with Chinese culture can it really flourish. Buddhism that did not integrate with Chinese culture will fall behind and be eliminated. In later generations, only Buddhism in China can prosper, while Tianzhu, where it originated, has declined. "

"Since the core of Buddhism is Chinese culture, it can be regarded as an indigenous religion."

"Since it is Chinese culture, the three religions naturally have the same origin."

Yao Guangxiao became slightly interested. He smiled and asked, "When did Buddhism spread to China?"

"During the Eastern Han Dynasty, White Horse Temple?"

It was introduced in the history textbook, and Zhang Zhixiang remembered it clearly, but Yao Guangxiao asked again: "Why is it named White Horse Temple?"

Zhang Zhixiang started searching, and replied: "There are two theories. One is that the white horse came from carrying scriptures, so it was named the White Horse Temple. The other is that in the "Biography of Eminent Monks", it is said that there was a king in a foreign country who ordered the temple to be destroyed many times. On the eve of the destruction of Zhaoti Temple, there was a white horse wailing around the pagoda. After hearing this, the king felt compassionate and stopped destroying the temple, and renamed Zhaoti Temple to Baima Temple."

"After that, most temples were named after White Horse. The first temple introduced to China was also named White Horse Temple."

Yao Guangxiao ignored the statement that the white horse was in charge of the scriptures, but asked directly: "What is recruiting?"

Zhang Zhixiang was stunned, isn't this a transliteration?
If it is not a transliteration...

He murmured: "Zhaoti, generally refers to Tina prisoners, why is the temple called Zhaoti Temple..."

Seeing that Zhang Zhixiang had discovered the blind spot, Yao Guangxiao began to explain: "The "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" records that during the period of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Buddha made a prophecy for the king of Chu to plot rebellion. Emperor Ming was angry and sent an envoy to Tianzhu to ask about Buddhism and Taoism."

""Book of Wei Shilaoshi" records that Emperor Ming sent his Lang Zhongmin and doctoral disciple Qin Jing to Tianzhu to write the remains of the Buddha. Min still returned to Luoyang with Samana She Moteng and Zhu Falandong."

"Why is Baima Temple also called Zhaoti Temple?"

"Because the Buddha was brought up to Luoyang as a prisoner."

"What is the legacy of the Buddha?"

"The dead Buddha has a legacy."

"The "Biography of the Eminent Monk" is wrong. It is not that the kings of foreign countries ordered the destruction of the Buddha, but the Han Ming Emperor ordered the envoys to go to the Dayue clan to borrow troops to destroy Tianzhu, destroy Buddhism, destroy all the temples, and separate the Buddha and the Buddha. The Lord sent them all to Luoyang."

"Then... ask about Buddhism and Taoism!"

"Buddhist eminent monks, Buddhist "42 Chapters", the statue of Sakyamuni, and the essence of Buddhism have all been moved to the White Horse Temple. Under the supervision of the Han court, Buddhism must learn from Taoism and carry out transformation."

"It was not until the time of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty that the transformation was completed and missionary work was allowed."

"What counts as a successful transformation? Huaxia has always insisted on the debate between Huaxia and barbarians. The barbarians are naturally hostile to China. The rebirth of Buddhism is for this purpose. It is Buddhism that naturalizes the barbarians and recognizes the rule of the Han court. responsibility."

"Hu people are either recruited or promoted, arranged in the temple, and accepted the enlightenment uniformly."

"Accept the principle of 'North Korea and China'."

"When the Hu people believed in Buddhism, they recognized the 'Chaozhong'. Therefore, for a long time, even if Buddhism was allowed to spread, the believers were all Hu people."

"It wasn't until the Cao Wei period that the first Han believers appeared."

"His name is Zhu Shixing, and he is willing to accept the eight precepts of Buddhism."

"When folks talk about this person, they often call him Zhu Bajie."

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