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Chapter 56 Monk Guide

Kumarajiva.

His father, Kumarajiva, was born into a prominent family in Tianzhu. He later went to Kucha and gave birth to Kumarajiva. Kumarajiva became a monk with his mother at the age of seven and began to learn Hinayana Buddhism. Later he went to Jibin and Shale and met the Shache Kingdom.

A famous Mahayana monk, he changed to study Mahayana Buddhism. He was a well-read Mahayana sutra and treatise, and was well-known in the countries of the Western Regions.

Later, in the third year of Hongshi's reign in the Later Qin Dynasty (401), Emperor Yao Xing of the Later Qin Dynasty attacked Houliang and personally welcomed Kumarajiva to Chang'an and treated him as a state master.

In the years of the Later Qin Dynasty, Kumarajiva translated the Great Prajna Sutra, the Lotus Sutra, the Vimalakīrti Sutra, the Amitabha Sutra, the Diamond Sutra and other sutras, as well as the Zhonglun Sutra.

", "Hundred Treatises", "Twelve Doors Treatise", "Great Wisdom Theory", "Chengshi Theory" and other treatises. These scriptures translated for Buddhism have become important theoretical basis for Buddhism to gain a foothold in China in the future.

In addition, Kumarajiva had many disciples, including Daosheng, Sengzhao, Sengrui, Daoheng, Tanying and other eminent Buddhist monks who were called the Four Sages of Shimen, the Eight Scholars, and the Ten Philosophers by later generations.

This gave this man a title - the ancestor of the eight sects of Chinese Buddhism.

Liu Yizhen couldn't help but twitch his lips.

He almost forgot that Guanzhong Chang'an was the execution ground of this "Buddha".

If this case involves Kumarajiva, then things will be a little tricky.

Although this man has passed away, his disciples and grandchildren are still there.

The consequence of taking direct action is that Liu Yizhen will instantly become a public enemy of Buddhism.

Liu Yizhen simply closed his eyes and began to think.

This left both Pei Fangming and Du Ji a little confused.

After a while, Liu Yizhen opened his eyes: "No matter what, just lead the troops over!"

Public enemies of Buddhism are public enemies of Buddhism.

Didn’t the saint say that?

A person who is praised by everyone is like a person who is praised by good people and slandered by bad people.

In Liu Yizhen's eyes, Buddhism is a completely bad person.

Is it too disrespectful to be timid in confronting it?

Don’t you see what happened to Qin Shi Huang’s hard-line Confucianism? But will history deny the eternal achievements of Qin Shi Huang?

And the emperors of the Ming Dynasty who stood up to the Donglin Party were scolded to the very core, but were later rehabilitated. On the contrary, the reputation of the Donglin Party in later generations was really ruined.

Liu Yizhen does not reject religion, but there is a prerequisite——

It cannot affect the development of the country and the rise of the nation.

Otherwise, they are all heretical cults, and the right thing to do is to beat them all to death.

Liu Yizhen may struggle for a long time when deciding on something, but once he decides, he will do everything possible.

Under Liu Yizhen's instruction, the army quickly surrounded a Buddhist temple where the incident occurred.

No surprises.

This place is called "Big Temple".

It later had a name called "Caotang Temple".

It was here that Kumarajiva translated the "Three Treatises on the Middle Way", namely the "Middle Way", the "Hundred Treatises" and the "Twelve Doors". Later, Caotang Temple was used by the Three Treatises of Chinese Buddhism, the Huayan Sect and the Japanese

The Nichiren sect of Buddhism regards it as the ancestral palace.

This is no longer related to Kumarajiva, this is completely trying to make trouble on Kumarajiva's head.

When the monks in the temple saw the government troops, they all looked frightened and hurriedly ran towards the temple.

Liu Yizhen was not in a hurry, but observed the Buddhist temple carefully.

I saw that the temple gate faces south, and looking up is the mountain gate of the Buddhist temple.

The sun is scattered in the Buddhist temple and shines on the green bamboo forest. There is a vague mist surging in the mountains, and several main halls are also located in these mountains. There is a feeling of Zen hidden in them.

In addition, there is a square platform on the mountain, on which a stupa is enshrined.

That is the Kumarajiva Stupa.

The stupa is exquisitely carved and jade-colored. It is made of jade and marble carvings in eight different colors: jade white, brick green, ink, milky yellow, light red, light blue, ocher purple, and gray.

It is called the "Eight Jewels Jade Pagoda". The Vajra Seat below is composed of Mount Sumeru, the Sea of ​​Perfume and a three-story cloud platform, symbolizing the meaning of "Vajra is indestructible". The Vajra Seat has eight sides and twelve floors, with the lowest floor being a square seat.

Above the round platform is a round platform with several mountains carved on it, symbolizing Mount Sumeru in Buddhism. Above the round platform is an overlapping three-layer cloud platform with cloud reliefs carved on it, which is exquisite and unusual. Above the cloud platform is an octagonal treasure niche. Treasure niche

The upper part is covered in the shape of a roof, with figures of worshippers engraved under the cover, and the cover is also covered with multiple layers of orbs.

Liu Yizhen looked at the luxurious stupa, not much admiration, but full of resistance.

Who knows how much national power it costs to build such a crappy thing where dead people live?

If the royal family of the Later Qin Dynasty had spent less money on building Buddhist temples and pagodas and more on improving people's livelihood and supporting the army, Liu Yu might not have been able to conquer Guanzhong.

Watch me take it apart for you as soon as I get up there!

Just when Liu Yizhen was thinking about how to dismantle the stupa, many monks in the Buddhist temple came out, surrounded by a monk with white hair and beard.

As the old monk walked out, those monks who were panicking before became particularly calm now.

It can be seen that this old monk should be the person in charge here.

"Guide, a poor monk, I wonder why Lord Guiyang came to my Buddhist temple today?"

Monk guide?

Liu Yizhen's face turned green when he heard the other party's name.

It’s over!

No more violence.

Because this monk guide...

It has something to do with Liu Yu!

After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Yu also came here to see the monk guide and had a long conversation with the monk guide.

Later, when Liu Yudong returned, he also asked the monk to take care of Liu Yizhen.

Historically, when Liu Yizhen escaped from Guanzhong in a hurry, the monk leader led his disciples to block Helianbobo's pursuers, so that Liu Yizhen could escape safely...

What's going on!

Liu Yizhen's momentum to destroy the opponent suddenly weakened by eight points.

Although he hates Buddhism, this monk guide is the one who confronts Liu Yu after all, and can be regarded as an elder of Liu Yizhen.

In addition, in history, people did save him, and from the perspective of Buddhism, there was "karma". Liu Yizhen was not cruel enough to attack his savior directly.

Now Liu Yizhen wondered if Wang Xiu had known for a long time that the monk was behind this, so he gave him this hot potato.

wrong……

In fact, it is very simple for Wang Xiu to solve this matter. With his ability, he can handle this kind of thing with ease. So he should have deliberately involved Liu Yizhen.

Liu Yizhen began to wonder whether Wang Xiu had withheld this file accidentally or deliberately.

This should be the "best topic" that Wang Xiu helped Liu Yizhen pick out from the hundreds of government affairs in Guanzhong.

Liu Yizhen scratched his head, feeling that he had been tricked by Wang Xiu.

Why not just eat one of his chickens? As for that?

But for now, we still need to take care of things first.

Those who play martial arts can no longer do it, so they can only write letters.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Yizhen turned around and looked at Du Ji pretending to be dissatisfied.

"Master Du! I'm just here to discuss Buddhism with Master Sengdao. Why are you bringing so many soldiers? Mobilizing troops like this to let others know what to think of me? Why don't you quickly withdraw the soldiers?"

Du Ji: "???"

Mr. Guiyang, I have something I don’t know whether to say or not!
Chapter completed!
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