"Your Majesty, your Majesty usually doesn't treat the eminent monks of Shaolin Temple so favorably when he meets them. Why are you treating these lamas so well today?" Wang Xi asked while massaging.
"These lamas cannot be ignored. They are more useful than the monks in China. And although the abbot of Shaolin Temple is very famous, he can't actually manage other temples, but this Jia Caojie can manage other temples in Tibetan areas. Why do I
No courtesy." Yunxi said.
Wang Xi did not speak any more, but waited for Yunxi to recover and asked: "Do you want to announce the presence of Zhenren Li from Wudang Mountain, Dongling Zhenren from Taishan Sect and others?"
"Xuan, all religious matters have been settled today." Yunxi said. Then he put the shoes he had just taken off back on and sat down on his seat.
After a while, Li Xuanzong and others came in, saluted Yunxi and said, "The poor Taoist Li Xuanzong (...) has met your Majesty."
"Everyone, please stand up." Yunxi smiled and said, "You don't need to be so polite to me."
When they all stood up straight, Yunxi asked: "Have you finished what I asked you to do in the past few months?"
"This, Your Majesty, is really inconsistent with Taoist tradition." Li Xuanzong said.
"I remember that Buddhism was introduced from the Western Regions in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Taoism is a native religion of China. However, as early as the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Buddhism had overtaken Taoism and became the first religion in China. Haven't you ever thought about why and changed this?
What's going on?" Yunxi said.
A few people bowed their heads in silence. Of course they hope that Taoism will be very glorious, but although they are involved in worldly affairs, they are also devout Taoists. For such a huge reform, even though they have been informed by Yunxi for several months, they still find it difficult to accept it.
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Yunxi didn't want to talk to them anymore. He took out a few pieces of paper from the drawer and asked Wang Xi to hand them to the heads respectively. He also said: "Since you don't mention it yourself, then I will mention it. This is what I am doing."
Please take a look at the proposed reform measures."
Li Xuanzong and others immediately picked up the paper in front of them and read it.
Taoism is a native religion of China, but it also contains many primitive belief elements of the Han nation. Many Western missionaries in history felt that Taoism was not a real religion after coming to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, its communication ability was very low and it was only suitable for
China and North Korea, Annan, and even Fusang, which are deeply influenced by Chinese culture, cannot enter.
Yunxi was very afraid that the territory he assigned to Taoism would be infiltrated by other religions in the future, so he decided to reform Taoism. He studied repeatedly with Taoists who had no moral integrity, such as Yu Jizi, and came up with some reform measures.
Although Yunxi's reform entry only has one piece of paper, it contains a lot of content and fills a whole page. There are two key points in it.
The first is to reform the immortal system. Monotheistic religions, such as the three Semitic cults with the same origin, have only one true god, and everyone believes in this one true god.
Of course, Yunxi cannot turn Taoism into such a cult. Although such a religion has a strong ability to unite, it is too exclusive and is not conducive to the development of civilization. In modern times, the cross religions launched an action to destroy machines. It was Britain that first carried out this
Only by reforming the religious reform can we become the first powerful capitalist country.
Therefore, Yunxi’s plan is to imitate Buddhism in recreating the system of gods and immortals. Although Buddhism is a polytheistic religion, its gods and Buddhas have a clear hierarchy. The highest status is the third generation of Buddha, the previous life of Lantern Buddha, and the current Sakyamuni Buddha (Tathagata Buddha).
), the future Maitreya Buddha, other Buddhas and Bodhisattvas also have their own levels.
The Taoist gods originally had no hierarchical relationship at all, nor any superior-subordinate relationship. But with the spread of various myths, people thought which god was very awesome, and which god was like that.
Yunxi decided to make Sanqing the leader of the Taoist gods, and even compiled part of the content of "The Romance of the Gods" in advance to spread it, making everyone think that Sanqing was the highest god in Taoism; and also divided the other gods into their own.
level.
The second key point is the way of preaching. Taoism does not talk about reincarnation, and Yunxi also thinks that the difference between Taoism and Buddhism is not a bad thing, so he does not forcefully add the content of reincarnation to Taoism. Preaching is to use ascension to immortality as the main means to attract believers.
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According to Yu Jizi's suggestion, it was clearly stipulated that gods are born, but immortals can be cultivated by ordinary people, and operas were written to promote the story of the Jade Emperor's ascension to immortality.
There are various other reform measures, but they are not important.
After the leaders of these major sects read this piece of paper, Li Xuanzong said to Yunxi: "Your Majesty, it is natural to distinguish between immortals, and it is also appropriate to promote ascension; but it is appropriate to divide the immortals who originally had no superiority and inferiority into
Up and down, especially with the gods above and the immortals below, Pindao feels that we need to think more about it."
Master Zhang of Longhu Mountain and Master Dongling of Taishan Sect also said similar things.
Yunxi didn't interrupt when they were talking. After they all finished speaking, he asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"
These people felt that Yun Xi's expression was wrong and did not dare to speak further.
Seeing that several people did not answer, Yunxi said: "I am not here to discuss with you today, but to give you orders! I have revised it repeatedly with several other real people, and I think there is no problem with this, although there may be
There are some minor fixes, such as the status of a certain god, but generally there is no need to modify it."
"After you return to your own sect, teach the believers according to this. If anyone still does not listen to me, I will depose him as the leader; if the successor leader still does not obey my orders, don't blame me.
It’s a trick!”
Yunxi was very tired of their endless discussions with no results. These Taoists were far less capable than Buddhists. Yunxi asked eminent monks from Shaolin Temple and other temples to study how to better preach to the Western Regions. They had many believers.
He practiced preaching in the Western Regions and later gave many very useful suggestions to improve the efficiency of all monks in spreading Chinese Buddhism.
Seeing that Yun He was so determined, several of them looked at each other. Although they still felt that Yun He was evil, they did not dare to disobey Yun He's order again: they were not afraid of death themselves, but they were afraid that their sect would lose its inheritance.
So Li Xuanzong said: "Pindao knows about it. When Pindao returns to Wudang Mountain, he will immediately enshrine the statue of Sanqing above Emperor Zhenwu."
Master Zhang of Longhu Mountain and Taoist Dongling also said: "After Pindao returns to Longhu Mountain (Mount Tai), he will certainly enshrine the statue of the Three Pure Ones, and it will be ranked first."
However, Dongling Taoists were lucky. Their Taishan Mountain was originally dedicated to the Sanqing Dynasty and had little influence. However, Longhu Mountain and Wudang Mountain were miserable and they were forced to add the Sanqing Dynasty.