Borneo, Fenglin Continent, and Dongposu Continent each have a great master Pingzhang and a first-grade spiritual official in charge. In a sense, the territory of the Taoist sect is larger than that of the imperial court, just like the Taoist government in the Western Regions.
The control area is even larger than that of Xizhou. In name, these places are vassal states of the Central Plains court. They pay tribute to the Celestial Empire, and the Celestial Empire will not directly interfere with its internal affairs.
However, Fenglinzhou is an exception. The situation in this place is very complicated and extremely xenophobic. It is not a vassal state of the Celestial Dynasty, and it still retains the title of "Emperor".
There is nothing we can do about this. Take Borneo as an example. It is a continent with more than a dozen small countries, large and small, and it is a piece of scattered sand. It is also bordered by Daxuan. Naturally, it is unable to compete with Daxuan. And Fenglinzhou is also a continent.
There is only one country in the land, its strength can be imagined, and they are facing each other across the sea. Just asking the regent Guan Bai to surrender has already caused civil strife. If his title of emperor is deposed, the so-called "respect the king and fight against the Tao" will
More crazy.
The Taoist sect has a high status in Fenglinzhou, but it is not reliable.
There are two major sects in Fenglinzhou, one is Tianmen, which is native to Fenglinzhou, and the other is Buddhism from outside.
Speaking of Buddhism, its spread is actually far greater than that of Taoism. Everywhere Buddhism goes, it integrates local customs and culture, and is divided into many branches, and the differences are huge.
For example, in Buddhism in China, also known as "Zen", its first founder was a foreigner, but its second founder was an orthodox Central Plains person, and his biological father was a master from the Wanxiang Academy. Therefore, the second ancestor learned Confucianism and Taoism at a young age.
He is especially good at Xuanli. When the first ancestor founded Buddhism in China, the second ancestor came to the temple to ask for help. The first ancestor saw that what he had learned was mixed and preconceptions were profound. He relied on his own intelligence and found it difficult to understand Zen principles, so he refused to accept it at the moment. The second ancestor prayed hard.
After a long time, he still couldn't get through the door, so he immediately raised his sword and cut off his arm to show his intention. Seeing his sincerity, the first ancestor accepted him as a disciple and passed on the Vajra Dharma. The second ancestor finally inherited the mantle of the first ancestor.
Follow the first ancestor to study Buddhism and understand the mind and nature according to the "Diamond Sutra". As the saying goes, a healthy body will strengthen the mind, and the mind will be easy to understand. After the first ancestor passed away, the second ancestor studied hard and studied the wonderful meanings of Buddhism, but had many doubts and could not understand.
He understood it very well, so the Second Patriarch left the Buddhist temple and traveled through famous mountains to visit eminent monks, great Confucianists and real people to seek for the wonderful truth, and gradually understood it.
This is just a microcosm of Buddhism in China. Four hundred years after the overthrow of hundreds of schools of thought that only respected Confucianism, Confucianism, which had ruled the world for four hundred years, lost power for the first time. The scholar-bureaucrats' cumbersome study style of Confucian classics and the weird and shallow theology of prophecy
, and people were generally tired of the clichés of the Three Cardinal Guidelines and Five Constant Principles, so they turned to look for a new place to settle down, and metaphysics began to flourish.
Both alchemy and metaphysics are based on the natural principles of Taoism.
It is said that the Taoist work is done from the heart, and it is harvested in nature. Whether it is the gods and humans who are not separated from the sect, or the supreme people and gods who are not separated from the essence and are not separated from the truth, all the work is done from the heart to achieve emptiness and tranquility.
From then on, you will do the Xuanming Kungfu of emptiness, tranquility and purification, and then you will reach the realm of heaven, human, god and man. Taoism can transform it into the magic of immortality through the theory of immortality. Through the practice of cultivation, you can achieve immortality and become an immortal.
Taoism comes from home.
To put it simply, Taoism gradually changed from Taoism, one of the hundreds of schools of thought, to Taoism, one of the three religions.
The prosperity of metaphysics in Lao and Zhuang was supposed to be a sign of the rise of Taoism, but it was succeeded by Buddhism from the West. Because metaphysics was similar to Prajnaphysics, monks at that time also talked about metaphysics. At that time, Buddhism was very powerful, and masters from the Western Regions came one after another.
Gradually it took on a larger scale. The study of Prajna became famous and the masters talked about the mysteries.
The most commendable Taoists are Luo Shi who came from the east, Fa Xian who traveled west, Dao An who led Qun Lun, and Luo Shi who opened the translation industry. His disciples were the Ten Philosophers and the Four Saints, all of whom were the first-class scholars at that time to study Lao and Zhuang.
When the world was in turmoil, Dao'an Gaozu Huiyuan lived in seclusion in Kuanglu, studied Prajna, Pitan, and advocated the Pure Land of Amitabha. At that time, there was a large gathering of famous sages and became the important center of Buddhism in the south of the Yangtze River. Later, there were translations of the true meaning of consciousness-only treatises, Luo Shifaxian, etc.
Also translated as ten chants, five points, four points and other laws.
As a result, metaphysics and Buddhism influenced each other. Buddhist scholars talked about metaphysics, and metaphysics discussed Buddhism. This became a fashion for a while. To say that their convergence was indeed the general trend of development at that time. After that, metaphysics and Buddhism gradually merged and were replaced by Buddhism.
.This is the predecessor of Zen Buddhism in China.
Therefore, Zhongtu Buddhism actually pioneered the unification of the three religions, and has many similarities and similarities with Taoism and Confucianism. The Cihang lineage within Taoism is Zhongtu Buddhism.
Later, Buddhism and Taoism fought. Taoism and Confucianism joined forces to destroy Buddhism in China. A large number of Buddhist monks either became Taoist priests or Confucian scholars. Anyway, the integration of the three religions is the general trend. Many principles are the same. There is not much difference. It is just a matter of exchange.
The matter of a suit of clothes really comes and goes easily. As early as Lin Lingsu's time, the Buddhist sect in the Middle Earth had a precedent of surrendering. Now that the Taoist sect is powerful and unable to defeat them, and there are precedents and retreats, the Buddhist sect in the Middle Earth will naturally not fight forcefully.
After all, this is also the reason why Buddhism in China collapsed at the first touch.
The Buddhism that competes with Taoism today actually refers to Buddhism in the Western Regions.
If Buddhism in China absorbs the best of both Confucianism and Taoism, and changes from Hinayana to Mahayana, there will always be a certain
Immortal energy and bookish energy. Then Buddhism in the Western Regions has absorbed the strengths of shamanism, which is characterized by cruelty, various human skins and human bone magic weapons emerge in an endless stream, and is filled with a very strong atmosphere of wild blood.
There is also Buddhism in Borneo, which is influenced by witchcraft. Buddhism in Borneo is influenced by Borneo. They all worship Buddha, but their teachings are completely different.
The same is naturally true for Buddhism in Fenglinzhou. Influenced by the local sects of Fenglinzhou, Buddhism in Fenglinzhou is similar but not similar to Buddhism in China. Looking for the origin, Buddhism in Fenglinzhou and Buddhism in China are in the same line. It can be found in the Buddhist scriptures
The interpretation and inheritance of the precepts are quite different. For example, Buddhist disciples in Middle-earth must eat vegetarian food and become monks, but Buddhist disciples in Fenglinzhou can eat meat and start a family, and the Buddhist forces in Fenglinzhou have not experienced repeated attempts to "exterminate the Buddha."
The suppression is extremely powerful, just like a vassal town, and the monk soldiers must not be underestimated.
They are quite hostile to the Taoist sect, but they are afraid of the Taoist sect's strength and are submissive on the surface.
Then there is Tianmen, a local sect in Fenglinzhou. At the earliest, Tianmen had no official name until Buddhism was introduced to Fenglinzhou and gradually spread in Fenglinzhou at that time. In order to compete with Buddhism, Tianmen was born.
It is said that the inherent Tianmen of Fenglinzhou is used to distinguish Buddhism from outside the region.
Tianmen is also known as the Shinto Gate of Heaven or Shintoism, which is derived from the Book of Changes in the Central Plains: "The grand view is above, and the sun is down, and the middle view is to view the world. View, wash away but not recommend, there is Fu Yongruo, watch down and transform.
Also, if you look at the divine way of the sky, the four seasons will not change. The sage teaches you the divine way, and the world will obey you."
Later, the Taoist sect became so powerful that in order to distinguish it from the Taoist sect and avoid being misunderstood as a branch of the Taoist sect, the Shinto sect was simply removed, and it became the Tianmen.
In the earliest days, Tianmen was no match for Buddhism, and was completely reduced to a vassal of Buddhism. The gods in Tianmen also became the protectors of Buddhism. Until the rise of Confucian Neo-Confucianism.
Taoism changed from Taoism to Taoism because of metaphysics, and Confucianism changed from Confucianism to Confucianism because of Neo-Confucianism. Neo-Confucianism emphasized the principles of heaven, making Tianli the supreme god of Confucianism. The emperor in the world was the spokesperson of heaven's principles in the world, serving as the emperor and the emperor.
The King of All Peoples, Zhang Yuelu once criticized Neo-Confucianism at the Three Religions Conference. However, we have to admit that Neo-Confucianism was supported by the emperor and was indeed a sharp weapon against Buddhism.
He was promoted to the throne of the three religions.
After Neo-Confucianism was spread to Fenglinzhou, Tianmen combined with Neo-Confucianism, emphasizing respecting the emperor and being loyal to the emperor, making Tianmen independent from the control of Buddhism. This
This is the origin of today's "respect the king". Later, Regent Guan Bai ignored the emperor, which was naturally against the concept of loyalty to the emperor. Therefore, no matter whether the Taoist sect entered Fenglinzhou or not, there were many people who opposed Regent Guan Bai, ranging from officials to ministers.
Down to the down-and-out warrior.
Later, Tianmen absorbed the teachings of the Holy Court and began to advocate Fenglinzhou as the center of the world, gradually becoming the state religion of Fenglinzhou. Emperor Fenglinzhou was not only the monarch supported by the lords from all over the world, but also the leader of Tianmen.
This is similar to how Emperor Daxuan became the supreme master of the Taoist sect, except that the Taoist sect had an additional great leader, and power was not centralized in one person.
Because of this, Daomen's entry into Fenglinzhou naturally aroused strong resistance from Tianmen, but Tianmen's strength was far inferior to that of Daomen. After the defeat, at the request of Daomen, Tianmen announced the separation of politics and religion, and the Emperor of Fenglinzhou issued an edict declaring that he was a human being.
Instead of God, Tianmen’s status as a state religion was abolished.
However, people who believe in Tianmen still account for the majority. Daomen's move naturally aroused public anger. In addition, Tianmen's experience of becoming a vassal of Buddhism made them very sensitive. They were afraid that Tianmen would become a vassal of Daomen, so they advocated expelling Daomen, so they "fighted against Dao"
It also comes from this.
The two sides gradually merged, which is "respecting the king and fighting against the Tao".
In recent years, the so-called "respecting the king and fighting the Tao" has ceased on the surface, but secretly it has been rising one after another. Tianmen has become a serious problem for Taoism like Buddhism and Shamanism in the Western Regions, making it impossible for Taoism to actually control Fenglinzhou.
In fact, the Taoist Sect has only one starting point in Fenglin Continent, and that is Regent Guan Bai and his family. Now that the Regent Guanbai is fighting among themselves, the Taoist Sect did not intervene quickly and missed the best time to calm down the situation, which was really a mistake.
It's not that the big shots in the Taoist sect didn't see this, but that there was a problem within the Taoist sect. The Yusan family kept fighting among themselves for the position of regent Guan Bai, how could the Taoist sect be better? The three-line Taoism also fought among themselves for the position of the great leader.
Not only that, but I still have the energy to take care of Fenglinzhou, which is thousands of miles away.
Having said that, perhaps it was the feudal sects in Fenglin Continent who saw the infighting within the Taoist sect, and then raised the banner of "respecting the king and fighting the Taoist" after forbearing for many years, intending to drive the Taoist sect out of Fenglinzhou while the Taoist sect had no time to take care of itself.
Naturally, the Taoist sect will not give up on Fenglinzhou easily, and no one can bear this crime. This newspaper is proof of this, and it has already been announced in advance.
If Qi Xuansu's prediction is correct, it won't be long before the Taoist sect will mobilize elite troops from various Taoist prefectures to send troops to put down the rebellion.