Zhi Fahan, the elder of Dong'an Temple, learned that Chen Caozhi had returned to Jiankang, so he came from Tangshan to invite Chen Caozhi to Dong'an Temple to celebrate the occasion. Chen Caozhi asked him about engraving and printing scriptures.
It has been two years since I donated a hundred gold to engrave and print scriptures, and it should have achieved some results. However, Zhi Fahan kept it secret and just smiled and said: "Chen Tanyue will know when he gets to the small temple."
Because the Qin envoys were coming to pay homage to Huan Wen, Chen Caozhi had to stay in the capital to meet the Qin envoys. Chen Caozhi now not only supervised the military affairs of Ji, You, and Bing four states, but also the military forces of Sizhou on the south bank of the Yellow River were under Chen's control.
Under the jurisdiction of Cao Zhi, it fully borders the Qin territory. Chen Cao Zhi is the biggest barrier to contain Di Qin——
Chen Caozhi could not return to Qiantang for the time being, and major affairs in the court had been agreed upon, so he had quite a lot of free time. The famous people in Beijing frequently invited him to participate in the elegant talks, but Chen Cao declined all of them, which surprised the famous people in Beijing.
Chen Caozhi became famous for his eloquent debates on metaphysics. At that time, he single-handedly defended the Eight Prefectures against Zhongzheng, which shocked four people. He was promoted to the second rank by Sima Yu, who was the Grand Situ at the time, and the Chen family of Qiantang was also registered.
The noble family, and the fact that Chen Caozhi was able to marry a girl from the Xie family in Chen County can also be said to be a result of Xuan Tan. When Xie Daoyun was talking about choosing a son-in-law in Wuyi Lane, the children of the Nandu family gathered together and each showed off his cleverness. If it weren't for Chen Caozhi,
Cao Zhi was invincible in eloquence, so how could he win over so many competitors? It can be said that Chen Cao Zhi had a lot of achievements in abstruse debate, so why did he refuse to talk about it now?
Some good people speculated that the reason why Chen Cao refused to attend Xuantan gatherings was because after the death of Zhi Daolin in the fourth year of Xian'an, Chen Caozhi thought that no one in the world could distinguish him. This is
There is no sound in the world, Bo Ya's intention of throwing the harp, Chen Caozhi regards Jiangzuo celebrities as if they are nothing, he is really arrogant——
Chen Caozhi laughed at these rumors and took Murong Qinchen and Xiao Zhongyu to Dong'an Temple in Tangshan on April 26. Xiao Zhongyu refused to ride with Murong Qinchen since that day when Murong Qinchen hugged him and rode together.
Xiao Zhongyu has become familiar with Chen Caozhi in the past few days, so when he went to Dong'an Temple this time, Chen Caozhi took him to ride a horse. The little guy was very happy on the horse and smiled happily.
The mouth is not ear-to-ear, and the little milk teeth in the small mouth are white and cute——
Murong Qinchen was wearing a curtain hat and veil, riding a rouge horse with a slim waist. He looked sideways at the father and son beside him, his heart was full of joy and he could no longer contain any other emotions——
Thirty miles away, it took half a day to arrive. Zhi Fahan and two monks were waiting at the southern foot of Tangshan Mountain. They went up the mountain with Chen Caozhi and others. They first went to worship in front of the Buddha, and then Zhi Fahan led Chen Caozhi to Yibowiao Xiao
Sitting down, he took out a scroll of scriptures and asked Chen Caozhi to look at it. Chen Caozhi took a look and found that it was the "Vajra Prajnaparamita Sutra". The script style of the scriptures was beautiful, straight, round and elegant. Chen Caozhi was very familiar with this style of writing.
This is Xie An's calligraphy style, he said with a smile: "Elder Fahan actually asked An Shigong to copy scriptures for you!"
Zhifahan said mysteriously: "Please take a closer look, please take a closer look."
Chen Caozhi followed the instructions and took a closer look. At this glance, he saw the mystery. The scriptures were not copied with a brush, but rubbed. Chen Caozhi exclaimed: "The engraving of the scriptures is so exquisite!"
This volume of "Diamond Sutra" is extremely exquisite in terms of paper, ink and binding, especially the half-inch regular script, which is written with exquisite precision. No wonder Chen Caozhi thought it was Xie An's own handwriting at first glance!
Zhi Fahan said proudly: "The scriptures were written in An Shigong's handwriting, and Wu Maoxian of Tanxi carefully engraved the engravings. This first edition of the Diamond Sutra only took one year and three months to make. However, due to the improper selection of wood, the first edition was only
After printing less than a hundred volumes, the engraving was damaged."
Chen Caozhi asked: "How much will it cost?"
Zhi Fahan said: "About one million yuan."
Chen Caozhi thought: "One million dollars is enough to print less than a hundred volumes of Buddhist scriptures. The cost is too staggering. It is better to hire someone to copy the scriptures." He said: "The purpose of engraving and printing scriptures is to popularize them.
People can also read Buddhist scriptures, and they don’t need to be too elaborate.”
Zhi Fahan said: "The first edition is a little more difficult, but the later it gets smoother, and the first edition is mainly for gifting to famous people in the government and the public, so it is made very delicately, and will be discarded if it is slightly damaged. It is expected that the second edition will be worth one
Thousand volumes of the Diamond Sutra.”
Chen Caozhi praised: "Very good!" and asked: "Are the tariffs unsustainable?"
Zhifa Han smiled and said: "The young monk sent Buddhist scriptures to those aristocratic families, there is no reason to return empty-handed. Buddhist scriptures are the most precious treasures, and helping to print scriptures is even more meritorious. The young monk sent ninety-nine and eighty-one volumes of the Diamond Sutra.
I got 7.6 million yuan, all of which will be used for engraving and printing scriptures, and I will never use it for other purposes."
Chen Caozhi laughed loudly and said to himself: "Those noble families obviously didn't realize the huge impact that the popularization of books brought by this woodblock printing technology would have on their gentry cultural advantages, and yet they donated money generously. Interesting!
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Zhi Fahan also invited Chen Caozhi to visit a newly built small courtyard behind the temple. He saw more than ten huts. The sound of sawing and digging could be heard from inside the huts. There were several thick jujube trees and pear trees piled under the eaves.
In a corner of the courtyard, broken boards and sawdust formed a small mound——
A craftsman in his fifties, wearing a blue shirt and short robe, came out and saluted Zhifahan Heshi. Zhifahan introduced Chen Caozhi and said: "Chen Tanyue, this is Wu Maoxian, a famous craftsman of Tanxi stele carvings.
Ask him to take charge of engraving."
Ten years ago, Chen Caozhi saw the stele of Cao E written by Wang Xizhi engraved by Wu Maoxian in Shangyu Dongshan. It could express the smooth and graceful charm of calligraphy on the hard bluestone, which was almost the same as the original book. He said with a smile: "Wu Weng's skills
Extraordinary, with Wu Wengxiang helping to engrave scriptures, of course we can get twice the result with half the effort."
Zhi Fahan also invited Chen Caozhi into the thatched cottage to watch the craftsmen carving and making engravings. Several young monks also followed Wu Maoxian to learn engraving. Chen Caozhi watched carefully, asked carefully, and said to Wu Maoxian: "After a block is made, it is rubbed."
If one word is damaged, the whole page will be lost. How about making a single word? Just like a seal, if one word is damaged, another word will be carved and replaced, which can save manpower and material resources. Of course, this kind of process is more complicated and requires a lot of attempts, and the fonts used must be
Mainly official script, which is neat and neat, is easier to make than running cursive script."
Wu Maoxian was enlightened and admired Chen Caozhi endlessly.
At this time, a monk came hurriedly and said that Chen Tanyue's entourage was fighting with people in the Peacock Mingwang Hall. Chen Caozhi and Zhi Fahan hurried to the Peacock Mingwang Hall, and saw two young scholars in front of the hall fighting with each other.
The rouge warrior Sanuer was arguing, but Sanuer ignored them and just waved the riding crop in his hand and shouted: "If you dare to poke your head in the head again, you will get a whip from me!"
Murong Qinchen held hands with Xiao Zhongyu and stood aside to watch the excitement. Xiao Zhongyu clenched his fists and shouted: "Hit, hit -"
Chen Caozhi walked over and asked, "What's going on?"
Murong Qinchen stepped forward and said in a low voice: "I was teaching Zhong Yu to worship the Buddha, and a young man kept coming to peek. Sanu'er whipped the man without saying a word, and a quarrel broke out."
Zhi Fahan came over and said: "Chen Tanyue, one of these two young men is Wang Chen, the son of Zhongshu Ling Wang Wendu, who was whipped, and the other is his nephew, Wang Gong, the son of Danyang Yin Wangyun. We are about the same age, and came from the same Wang family in Taiyuan. We like to talk about Xuan and play, and became famous for a while. Together with Wang Xun of Langya, we are known as the three heroes."
Chen Caozhi knew Wang Chen and Wang Gong, both of whom were frequent readers of "Shishuoxinyu". Wang Gong liked commenting on people the most. He admired his grandfather Wang Meng extremely. Wang Meng was the handsome man who bought hats for free in the market. , Wang Gong often asked contemporary celebrities such as Xie An, Wang Xianzhi and others who was superior or inferior to his grandfather or Zhi Daolin? Who was more outstanding compared with Liu Xun? Wang Gong had a famous saying - "Celebrities do not need to be talented, but If you often have nothing to do, drink heavily, and read "Li Sao" well, you can be called a famous scholar." - It was this Wang Gong who twenty years later raised troops to attack Jiankang in the name of killing Wang Guobao, causing chaos in Jiangdong, and the Heavenly Master Taoist Sun Tai and Sun En also took the opportunity to gather people to plot rebellion. Of course, Wang Gong is still just a handsome boy of sixteen years old——
Wang Chen, who was whipped by Sanur, was Wang Tanzhi's fourth son. Wang Tanzhi advocated Confucianism, but his son idolized Ruan Ji, drank alcohol, took drugs, and lived a wild life. Once, there was a funeral at his father-in-law's family. , this Wang Chen and a dozen or so of his friends who were drunk, flushed from drinking, entered the mourning hall naked, walked around three times, and walked away. Ruan Ji has exquisite poems handed down to the world, and has profound and broad thoughts, but Wang Chen does not. , he would only imitate Ruan Ji’s worried, angry and arrogant behavior——
Both Wang Gong and Wang Chen knew Chen Caozhi. Although Chen Caozhi was only about ten years older than them, he was on equal terms with their fathers, Wang Tanzhi and Wang Yun, and they were already famous and had prominent official positions. The two came forward to greet him. Wang Chen put his hand on his neck and complained to Chen Caozhi, saying that he just saw Mr. Chen Xiaolang was cute and looked at him a few more times. The maid in red whipped him and asked Governor Chen to make the decision to punish him. Maid in red——
Chen Caozhi said in his heart: "Qinqin used to be a princess. She was rejoicing in the Buddhist temple, so she could not allow outsiders to peek in. This Wang Chen said he was looking at my son, but he must be looking at me Qinqin. This kind of wanton The so-called famous people teach you a lesson." He said: "I know that you two are rising stars, so why not do this? It is difficult for me and you to argue and win. If you two can convince me, I will punish the maid in red, and I will From now on, we will no longer talk about mystery——"
Wang Gong and Wang Chen are enthusiasts of Jiankang's xuantan. Indeed, no one among the younger generation can argue with them. They have long wanted to consult Chen Caozhi, who is known as the best xuantan in Jiangzuo. If he can beat Chen Cao in the debate, After all, wouldn’t that mean that he would become famous all over the world?
Wang Chen forgot about the burning pain in his neck and asked, "What if we don't win the argument with Governor Chen?"
Chen Cao said: "Naturally, I will stop talking about mystical things throughout my life, change my ways, and focus exclusively on Confucianism."
Now that the Central Plains has been settled, the threat of the Hu people has been temporarily alleviated. If Confucianism cannot be followed and Xuan is not respected, then the scholarly style in Jiangdong will become more extravagant and absurd. Although the Xuanfeng of Wei and Jin Dynasties awakened human nature and developed the mind, if a country is not restrained by etiquette and law, , then the upper class will be debauched, the people will be miserable, and will eventually lead to turmoil and destruction. If you are a hermit, then it is okay to wear your hair naked, take clothes and drink alcohol, but you occupy a high-ranking official position, but you have to drink heavily every day without anything to do. Read " "Li Sao", if he doesn't do anything, wouldn't this be a disaster for the country and the people?