Chapter 415: The first bird, Jianchu Temple is completed
The fact that Cheng Xiao was the "first bird" to write a memorial would have been a great achievement if it had been done when a wealthy family that favored him was in power.
If Sima Yi successfully came to power, he would definitely try his best to conduct a secret operation to abolish the school affairs office.
After all, these aristocratic families have always hated the fact that the school affairs office was spying on them, but Cao Shuang was different. He was not from an aristocratic family, but he was still half of the Wei clan.
If Cao Shuang was from a noble family, he would probably abolish the school affairs office. It depends on where the person in power sits.
At dinner, Cao Shuang ordered the kitchen to bring dinner to the west hall, and he and Yang Zong ate in the west hall. The meal was very simple, with only three dishes and one soup. The two of them used the food on their respective tables very cleanly. Cao Shuang was very fond of the food.
The requirements are not too high, as long as the food is delicious and the food is full,
When Yang Zong said goodbye and returned home, Cao Shuang said again: "It's getting late. I'll send a few soldiers to see Bo Chu back."
Yang Zong cupped his fists and said, "Thank you so much, Prime Minister."
It just rained in Jianye last night, but it didn't seem to have any effect on the summer temperature. Today is a good day. This is a good day that Sun Quan had ordered a few months ago.
It took Sun Quan three years and a lot of manpower and material resources to finally complete the Jianchu Temple on the bank of the Huai River (Qinhuai River). Sun Quan specifically ordered people to choose the good day of August 15th to lead his officials to watch the ceremony.
There is still some water on the brand-new bluestone floor in the Jianchu Temple courtyard, water drops are still dripping from the newly planted Bodhi tree, and the lotus flowers in the pond are in full bloom. Everything is new.
The bells on the high platform of the temple were ringing continuously, and the sound of "dong-dong-dong" resounded throughout Jianye City. There were several tall pagodas not far away, and smoke curled up into the sky, making people feel a sense of wonder.
This gives the illusion of being in a foreign Buddhist country. After all, this is the first Buddhist temple in Jiangdong.
The presiding monk, wearing a monk's robe on the platform of the main hall, clasped his hands together and said happily to Sun Quan who was climbing up the stairs: "Your Majesty, now that Buddhism is flourishing in Jiangdong, it will definitely comfort the soul of the queen in heaven, and it will also make people happy."
The people of our country can bathe in Buddhism and enjoy peace, making our country's national destiny more prosperous than before!"
Sun Quan didn't look at him, and just said to himself: "I hope God can take care of me." In fact, Sun Quan was not that obsessed with Buddhism. He just listened to some Buddhist teachings by Kang Senghui three years ago and felt that it made some sense.
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He had just built a huge Buddhist temple on the bank of the Huaihe River (today's Qinhuai River) for the Kang Seng Hui, and built several pagodas to worship the relics that the Kang Seng Hui brought from Tianzhu, thousands of miles away. But in the end, these were nothing more than a stable rule for Sun Quan.
It's just a tool, and it's a comfort for his anxious heart.
Dr. Zhiqian on the side put his hands together and said, "I, the Buddha, will definitely protect and care for your majesty."
The decline of the Han Dynasty was not only political and economic, but also ideological and cultural.
The decline of Confucian orthodox culture and the rise of metaphysics, the struggle for political power and frequent wars, the displacement of the people and the precarious situation of scholar-bureaucrats,
All this provides suitable soil for the spread of Buddhism and the development of Buddhism in organization and doctrine. Of course, it is not only foreign Buddhism, but also native Taoism.
The Northern Wei State was opposed to all religious activities (including Buddhism), but in fact the people and even some scholar-bureaucrats still believed in Buddhism. Temples, pagodas, scripture translation and other activities have never stopped. There are many temples outside Luoyang City.
, the White Horse Temple in the city is still very popular.
"The Dao Xing Jing was published during the reign of Emperor Ling of the early Han Dynasty. The translator orally passed it down or simply copied it and passed it by without a guide, so the meaning is confusing."
The Sun Wu regime in Jiangdong was more supportive of Buddhism. The famous monks Zhi Qian and Kang Senghui were treated politely here and made great achievements, mainly in the translation of scriptures and Buddhist music.
During his time in Sun Wu, Zhi Qian translated dozens of sutras, among which the "Great Mingdu Wuji Sutra" and "Vimalakīrti Sutra" were the most important.
"The Great Mingdu Wuji Sutra" is a revised version of "Tao Xing Prajna". During the translation process, Zhi Qian first changed the "obscure and confusing parts of the original translation" to make them clear and readable, and secondly translated the original "Hu phonetic translation"
Change to free translation.
Among the so-called "simple" and "literary" schools in the history of Chinese Buddhist scripture translation, Zhi Qian belongs to the latter. Zhi Mindu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty praised him and said: "His talent is profound, he is well versed in both internal and external aspects, and he is good at writing in his time, and he likes to be concise at times.
, so its sutras are quite based on Wenli.
However, it belongs to the theory of lexicon and analysis, the text does not go beyond the text, and the meaning is obvious. It can be said to be profound." Although Zhiqian's translation of the scriptures was criticized by later generations (such as Kumarajiva, Seng Zhao, etc.) as "the theory lags behind the text"
",lost faith,
But the translation style pioneered by Zhi Qian actually represents the trend of foreign Buddhism actively integrating into traditional Chinese culture. Buddhism adjusts itself to suit the tastes of Han people, Han literati, and even Han rulers.
This is a two-way cultural affinity or cultural identity, whereby Buddhism gradually became Sinicized and eventually became an integral part of Chinese culture.
The "Vimalakirti Sutra" translated by Zhi Qian was not a random choice. This sutra is consistent with the emptiness thought of "Prajna" and is characterized by cynicism and contempt for secular concepts.
"It believes that the fundamental purpose of Buddhism is to penetrate into the world and save all living beings, so practicing Taoism and becoming a Buddha does not necessarily mean becoming a monk. As long as you attain Buddhist teachings, lay people can transcend the secular world; while enjoying the pleasures of worldly life with "infinite wealth"
, you can reach the realm of Nirvana and liberation. Because the Buddha's kingdom is indistinguishable from the world, the Buddha's kingdom without the world does not exist; the "Tathagata seed" exists in the "worldly labor" (troubles), leaving "
There is no such thing as "Tathagata".
The Vimalakīrti Sutra's high worldly spirit and flexibility made it very popular among the gentry in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and its influence was even more profound than that of Prajna. Until the Sui and Tang Dynasties, "its popularity was still strong."
Kang Senghui, who was slightly later than Zhiqian, had his ancestral home in Tianzhu, and his father moved to Jiaozhi as a businessman. He was the first monk in recorded history to spread Buddhism from south to north.
In the 10th year of Chiwu (247), Kang Senghui came to Jianye, and Sun Quan built the "Jianchu Temple" for him, which was the "beginning of temples in the south of the Yangtze River".
In the aspect of Buddhist music, he created "the sound of clay Huan, the sound of pure and clear music, and the model of a generation." These achievements gave Kang Senghui a special status in the history of Jiangnan Buddhism. However, what best embodies his Buddhist thoughts is his compilation of "Six
The Collection of Sutras.
"Six Perfections Sutra" has a total of 8 volumes, divided into 6 chapters according to the "Six Perfections" of Mahayana Bodhisattva, and compiles 91 various Buddhist scriptures.
Its purpose is to use the Buddhist bodhisattva conduct to develop the Confucian theory of "benevolence", and to push the process of the Sinicization of Buddhism one step further from the perspective that "the motto of Confucianism is the clear teaching of Buddhism".
Kang Senghui took the Buddhist "compassion for all living beings" as his starting point, and at the same time regarded Mencius' "benevolence" as the "supreme treasure of the three realms". On the one hand, he required that "the king govern with benevolence and transform the people with forgiveness"; on the other hand, he advocated that the subjects
You can "get rid of" those kings who "serve themselves and harm the people, are greedy and unkind".
This effort to harmonize Buddhist thought and Confucian thought, this kind of "transforming the negative and decadent factors in Buddhism into a spirit that can accommodate Confucian governance and peace of the people, has opened up another path for the development of Chinese Buddhism."
In the 10th year of Chiwu in the Eastern Wu Dynasty, Master Kang Senghui, an eminent monk from the Western Regions, came to Jianye (now Nanjing) to spread Buddhism. At the request of Sun Quan, the Emperor of Wu, he obtained the induction relics. Sun Quan built a temple and pagoda for him and named him Jianchu.
On the one hand, it is also to miss my mother......