Of course the little emperor knew that the dark-skinned monk in front of him was the same Tianzhu Dharma monk who used to support Lou Jiaxie.
Zhiluo Jiaxie probably came to Kyoto in the last years of Emperor Huan's reign. After that, he was appreciated by Liu Hong and has been supported at Baima Temple to translate Buddhist classics.
Zhiluo Jiaxie was also one of the earliest translators. They often used Taoist metaphysical concepts to dismantle Buddhist teachings. It can be said that they paved the way for the introduction of Buddhist ideas to the upper class of the Han Dynasty.
In fact, even the young emperor has heard some Buddhist ideas, because some elderly people in the palace now believe in this.
And this has to talk about the little emperor’s other grandfather, Emperor Huan Liu Zhi.
Emperor Huan may have been the first emperor in history to believe in Buddhism.
Xu Shi disliked the Qingliu represented by the Party members so much that he also rejected the Confucianism behind them.
As a result, Emperor Huan became more and more interested in Buddhist thought, whether it was from his pursuit of the spiritual world or political considerations.
It's just that at that time, Emperor Huan did not believe in Buddhism from a philosophical perspective, but simply believed in it as an exotic god like the ghosts and gods of China.
He directly built a Buddhist temple in the corridor on the west side of the inner palace, worshiped the pagoda, and regarded it as a family god to bless him.
Under the influence of Emperor Huan, a group of Buddhist monks from India came to Kyoto to receive support from Emperor Huan. For example, An Shigao, Zhilou Jiajue, Zhu Foshuo, etc. were among the best.
The young emperor Liu Bian was raised by a Taoist priest in the past, and the Taoist temple was located near the inner temple. So the young emperor knew these things about Buddhism.
By asking him now, he was simply directing the topic to other places.
Sure enough, after hearing this question from the young emperor of the Han family, the Khotanese hurriedly introduced:
"The older Buddhist monk is named Lou Jialuo, and the younger Buddhist monk is named Tanke Jialuo. The two are not masters and disciples, but are traveling together."
Afterwards, the Khotan envoy proudly began to introduce the two Buddhist masters.
These two people came from different regions respectively. Lou Jialuo came from the Kushan Dynasty and was a native of Daxia, while Tanke Jialuo came from Central Tianzhu and was an authentic Tianzhu native.
It turns out that from the late Asoka era, Buddhism not only spread throughout the subcontinent, but also influenced countries in the eastern Mediterranean, such as Dayuezhi, Kangju, Bactria, Parthia, and Khotan and Kucha in the Western Regions, all of which were deeply influenced by Buddhism.
As Lou Gallo called Bactria, it was actually a country ruled by Greeks, the Greeks left behind in the Bactria area after Alexander's eastern expedition.
In other words, Lou Gallo was actually a Greek.
However, after the Great Xia Dynasty, it was destroyed by the Yueshi people, but its Buddhist ideas were spread among the Yueshi people.
After that, the Yueshi worked hard, conquered the east and west, and finally established the Kushan Dynasty, which ruled the huge territory from Central Asia to Afghanistan, Nistan, northwest India, and northern India. It was also the largest kingdom after Ashoka.
It was also with the support of the Kushan Dynasty that Mahayana Buddhism developed rapidly. At this time, Buddhism was deeply influenced by Greek culture and ancient Roman culture, forming a distinctive style in Buddhist sculptures, which is Gandhara art.
Even the Buddhist temple now built in the west corridor of Luoyang Inner Palace is a typical Scott large column style building, which can be said to be completely different from the royal style of the Han Dynasty's carved beams and painted buildings.
From this point, we can also see that the Kyoto of the Han Dynasty was inclusive and open to all rivers.
Most of the translators who are still supported in the West Langlang Temple are from the Kushan area.
When he said this, the Khotan envoy took out an exquisite jade Buddha from the waiter's box at the back. The Buddha's muscles were graceful and smooth, and it was a typical Gandhara-style Buddha statue.
This jade Buddha was a gift from the Khotan mission to the young emperor Liu Bian of the Han Dynasty. It also contained a scripture called the Huayan Sutra, which was originally in Sanskrit.
Liu Bian didn't understand much about this, but he was very satisfied with the courtesy of the Khotan envoys, so after rewarding them, he allowed the Khotan envoys to attend the Double Ninth Festival Banquet later.
Just when everyone in the government and the public thought that the young emperor was another man who worshiped Xuan, a conspiracy unfolded around this banquet.
Liu Bei also attended the Double Ninth Festival feast, but during the thank you banquet, a chamberlain suddenly thrust a piece of yellow silk into Liu Bei. Liu Bei just glanced at it and trembled all over, stuffed it into his sleeve, and then acted as if nothing had happened.
No matter how casual he was, he couldn't help but look at the person at the top, the young emperor Liu Bian.
Because the handwriting on this yellow silk letter belongs to the little emperor.
But unlike Liu Bei's uneasiness, Liu Bian kept smiling at that time, and could not tell that he was worried at all. He kept chatting and laughing with all the ministers, especially with his uncle He Jin.
After seeing Liu Bei's gaze, Liu Bian even raised his wine cup to salute Liu Bei.
Liu Bei was horrified, and immediately bent down on the ground, and then drank the cup with him, but his heart was full of doubts.
So what was written on the silk that prompted the emperor to use this method to secretly edict himself?
On the way back, Liu Bei remained in shock. It was not until he returned home that he carefully looked at the contents of the cloth and saw six words written on it:
"Ten days later, White Horse Temple."
That night, Liu Bei thought a lot and stayed up all night.
Ten days later, he came to White Horse Temple under an excuse and finally met the man.