After a while, Sun Quan just answered with a smile: "Well, I won't embarrass you anymore. I already know your wishes. Dr. Zhi is a slippery man. He is also proficient in the knowledge of various schools. He is worthy of being my humerus think tank. I have decided
I plan to let you assist the new crown prince."
Zhi Qian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for understanding my servant's difficulties."
Zhi Qian's ancestors are descendants of the Yue clan who became Chinese nationals during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Later Han Dynasty.
He was influenced by Han culture since he was a child and became proficient in Chinese. Later he also studied Sanskrit books. He studied under Zhi Liang, a scholar of the same clan, and became proficient in Mahayana Buddhist theory.
He was very dissatisfied with the previous translations that were too simple and had obscure meanings, so he advocated the reconciliation of "Shangwen" and "Shangzhi" when translating Buddhist scriptures.
From the perspective of the whole process of the development of Buddhist scripture translation, it is an inevitable trend to move from quality to text; modesty is the basis of the trend.
Zhi Mindu commented on his translation: "It is lexical and analytical, the text is not overreaching, and the meaning is clear. It can be said to be profound."
Seng Zhao believes that his translation is "literary over quality".
However, when Kumarajiva, Seng Zhao's teacher, translated the Vimalakirti Sutra, he quoted Zhi Qian's original translation at large length.
In the last years of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, war broke out in the Luoyang area. He fled south to Soochow with his people to escape the chaos.
There he got the opportunity to engage in translation. During about thirty years from the first year of Wu Huangwu to the middle of Jianxing, he collected various originals and translations, supplementary translations of untranslated ones, and revisions of already translated ones.
Directly retranslate important classics such as the "Tao Xing Prajna Sutra" and "Shourangama Samadhi Sutra".
At the same time, he helped Wei Zhinan and Zhu Jiangyan who came to China from India to translate scriptures. As soon as he arrived in Soochow, he gained the trust and importance of Sun Quan, the leader of Wu, and was named a doctor of Wu.
After all, Sun Zhongmou, who can be the master of Jiangdong, is not an ordinary person. Like the heroes Cao Mengde and Liu Bei of the same period, he has an extraordinary thirst for talents.
Especially for the great talents in the world, there is an incomparable desire, not to mention that Sun Zhongmou still looked the wrong way a few years ago. With this lesson, he must pay more attention to the talents in his own territory.
On the eve of the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan sent Lu Su to Xiakou to contact Liu Bei to discuss joint resistance against Cao Cao.
In response, Liu Bei sent Zhuge Liang to Jiangdong to meet with Sun Quan to discuss further cooperation between Sun and Liu.
Zhuge Liang crossed the Yangtze River, and after arriving at Chaisang, he met Sun Quan, who read to him in detail the general trend of the world. He analyzed: "The sky is in chaos. General, you occupy the east of the river, my lord Liu Bei occupies the south of the Han River, and Cao Cao occupies the north alone, with the greatest military strength."
We are the only ones who are strong! If the two families of Sun and Liu join forces, we can have a chance to repel Cao's attack." After Zhuge Liang analyzed the interests, Sun Quan agreed to join forces with Liu to fight against Cao.
This was the closest contact between Zhuge Liang and Sun Quan, and Sun Quan was impressed by Zhuge Liang's intelligence.
Sun Quan also tried to recruit Zhuge Liang, but he only sent Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jin to persuade him to stay in Soochow, which was not sincere enough.
Back then, Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times before inviting Zhuge Liang. If Sun Quan persuaded Zhuge Liang five times to assist him, he might be able to impress Zhuge Liang.
However, Sun Quan did not do this. He missed Zhuge Liang and missed the great Mr. Wolong.
The second one is Pang Tong. After Pang Tong came out of the mountain, he chose Soochow and was appointed as a meritorious officer by Zhou Yu. He helped Zhou Yu defeat Cao Ren and capture Nanjun.
The next year, when Zhou Yu was preparing to attack Yizhou, he died suddenly. Pang Tong was recommended to Sun Quan, but Sun Quan did not reuse Pang Tong because of his ugly appearance.
Pang Tong then gave up Jiangdong and came to Liu Bei's camp to apply for a job. Liu Bei didn't like Pang Tong at first, so he only arranged a position as the magistrate of Laiyang County.
Of course Pang Tong was dissatisfied. He was Mr. Fengchu, who was as famous as Zhu Moliang. Being a small county magistrate was too incompetent, so he neglected his duties and was dismissed from office.
Later, Lu Su of Soochow wrote to Liu Bei, saying that Pang Tong was not a talented person, but a very talented person who should be taken seriously. Liu Bei interviewed Pang Tong in person again. After the conversation, he admired his talent very much and hired him.
Mr. Wolong Zhuge Liang defected to Liu Bei, and Sun Quan did not pay attention to the equally famous Mr. Fengchu. It would be a waste of money to miss Pang Tong.
Speaking of Liao Hua, everyone's impression of him is that he survived many battlefields and lived a very long life throughout the Shu Han Dynasty.
After Jingzhou was attacked by Jiangdong Sun Quan and Guan Yu was defeated, Liao Hua survived and temporarily surrendered to Soochow.
He was originally Guan Yu's chief secretary. After Guan Yu's defeat, he yearned for Shu Han in his heart and wanted to leave Soochow and return to Liu Bei at any time.
Liao Hua "was in the Wu camp and his heart was in the Han", so he faked his death, deceived everyone, and took the opportunity to take his mother to the west day and night, riding alone for thousands of miles, returning to Shuhan, and met Liu Bei in Zigui.
Liu Bei ordered Liao Hua to be the governor of Yidu County and ordered him to attack Sun Quan and avenge Guan Yu.
If Sun Quan had paid attention to the newly surrendered generals in Jingzhou and taken care of Liao Hua, Liao Hua might not miss the Shu Han and might not have escaped. However, Sun Quan did not do this and missed Liao Hua, a general.
As he took power for a long time, he discovered that these wandering talents were much more useful than the children of the Jiangdong family. They were easy to control without foundation, unlike Zhou Yu, Lu Xun, etc. who would backlash.
Guan Yu lost Jingzhou, fled to Maicheng, and was captured alive by Soochow.
Sun Quan and other Jiangdong civil and military ministers admired Guan Yu's reputation. Sun Quan's first thought was not to kill Guan Yu, but to recruit Guan Yu.
As long as Guan Yu defected to Sun Quan and Sun Quan relied on Guan Yu's living sign to completely surrender Jingzhou, it would be easy.
Guan Yu was a man who repaid his kindness. He was captured by Cao Cao. If he pretended to surrender to Cao Cao during the day and escaped at night, no one would say anything.
But Guan Yu was upright and upright. Although "Cao Ying's heart was with the Han", he insisted on repaying his kindness and made great contributions to Cao Cao (killing Yan Liang) before leaving calmly.
But it was these wise men from Jiangdong who advised him, "Don't raise wolves, for they will cause harm in the future. If Duke Cao doesn't get rid of them immediately, he will bring great trouble to himself, so he plans to move the capital. How can he survive now?"
Although he did not follow their advice to save Guan Yu and save his life, Lu Meng and others on the front line did not listen to him and insisted on killing Guan Yu. This made him very passive later.
The battle in Jingzhou made him understand that the talents of aristocratic families can still be unreliable at critical moments. They think more about their own interests.
This led to the idea of letting a doctor with no foundation in Jiangdong assist the new prince and teach him knowledge.
Zhi Qian then said with sincerity and fear, "I can only translate some Buddhist scriptures, but I have no talent in governing the people. How can I be qualified to take on such a great responsibility? Your Majesty also asks your Majesty to select talented people from Jiangdong to assist the new people."
Just the prince."
Sun Quan waved his hand and said: "I know your talent. Not only can you translate some Buddhist scriptures, but you are also well versed in Han culture.
If I only ask you to translate some Buddhist scriptures, it would be a waste. Besides, I will also ask you to assist the future new prince alone, so please don't refuse anymore."