Chapter 455: The Travel Notes of Xuanzang's Great Disciple
The Water God Changcheng, the director of the Nine Virtues of Heaven, stiffly walked out of the Kunlun Mountains and breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he stretched out his hand and pinched the water ghost in elegant deacon clothes in front of him, shaking him crazily back and forth.
"Is your mouth missing a lock?"
"You don't want to talk about it?! Ah?!"
The Water God wanted to cry but had no tears for a long time, and he had to gnash his teeth.
How dare you directly say that Lu Wu snores? How brave are you?
As long as he is involved with that monkey, he always feels that his luck is not good!
The water ghost was dazed by the shaking and raised his hand: "How about I apologize to you?"
"Apologise, how are you going to compensate me!"
The water ghost ponders.
Then he made a serious suggestion, "How about I take myself out?"
Changcheng: "…………"
The Water God, who had been at home for thousands of years, fell into decadence of self-doubt.
He should just ignore this guy.
Master Chongwu noticed this strange figure and called out with a little curiosity: "Changcheng, this is..." Changcheng paused in his thoughts. This was when the Kunlun gods were gathering. If this elder knew
, He brought this outsider back, fearing that he would be punished.
Immediately, his thoughts changed slightly, and he said stiffly: "It's the new water god I met."
"Oh? The new water god..."
The old mountain master was surprised, smiled and said: "I didn't know there was a new water god under the Liusha River."
"Little guy, what kind of water god are you?"
Chang Cheng Yi is confused, and I don’t know how to explain it.
The water ghost over there bowed gracefully and replied without changing his expression:
"In the entire museum and in the entire old street, no one knows Happy Water better than me."
"So, I am the God of Happy Water."
Chang Cheng's mouth twitched.
For a moment, I had the urge to raise my hand and slap myself in the face.
And the water ghost over there who didn't know who he was hanging out with seemed to have fully used his social skills. Without the death of the house leader, he actually became familiar with the mountain god and water god over there. When Chongwu Mountain
The Lord inquired and heard that when the water ghost did not have his own river, he confirmed that the latter had some divinity in him and said:
"No wonder I see that although the aura on your body is pure, it is weak."
"Since he is a water god, without his own waters, he will naturally continue to weaken..."
He pondered for a moment and said generously: "In this way, I still have a branch of the water system, which is never occupied by the water god. If you don't mind it, why not settle there..."
Changcheng: "…………"
On this day, the river god of Liusha River felt it in a real sense.
What is a lie? More lies are needed to make up for it.
………………
Wei Yuan's true spirit is still in his memory.
In fact, this can be regarded as what really happened during the Tang Dynasty.
It is a true and true history.
After arriving at the first small city in the Western Regions, they began the real key point of their journey. When Chen Yuan was recording what he saw and heard, Xuanzang once asked him strangely why he paid so much attention to local customs.
Route, and what you saw and heard.
Chen Yuan couldn't give any reason.
I just think this is how it should be done.
Xuanzang no longer cared, and the horse bandit Shi Pantuo also followed. He learned how to use words. When Chen Yuan recorded the long journey after that, he also recorded many experiences and his own thoughts——
The third one:
That monk from the Tang Dynasty was a very strange person.
I have met many, many monks from various places.
On this road, there is never a shortage of merchants transporting silk and porcelain, nor are there any shortages of monks. In addition to monks, there are also various so-called wise men.
Some of them have haggard faces and frowned tightly, as if they have spent all their experiences thinking about the great Dharma; some have fat heads and big ears, like fat pigs placed on the offering table, chanting loudly.
That's nonsense.
Some are serious and solemn, making even children cry, while others are too frivolous.
But I have never seen anyone like Xuanzang. He is handsome, with child-like innocence in his eyebrows, but he is also full of wisdom and strength. Even in the face of death, he always has a smile on his lips.
But there is a kind of sadness in this smile.
What kind of place was the Tang Dynasty that could produce such a person?
Although I don't like him, I still have to say it.
He is like a real monk.
Seventeen of them:
We came to Gaochang Kingdom, which is an overlord in the Western Regions. But before I came here, I didn’t expect that the leader here was actually a Han from the Central Plains. How strong is the martial virtue of these Han people? According to the damn smelly Yuan (
This part is smeared, as if it suddenly stopped while recording, or was hit hard by a fist)'
According to Na Yuan, the capital here is very similar to Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty. Later I found out that the king here had been to Chang'an City. Well, the king here wanted the monk to stay, so he had to persuade him at first.
Later, he actually threatened Xuanzang directly and planned to force Xuanzang to stay as a national advisor.
But in the end we left here, not knowing what Master Xuanzang said to him.
The King of Gaochang and him became sworn brothers in front of the Buddha.
This is outrageous.
But it’s good. We are no longer alone on the road. We have 20 years of travel expenses, thirty horses, and twenty-five followers. However, the mage was given four apprentices, and by the way, there was an official from Gaochangguo...
I don’t know, how could the leader of a country be willing to sworn sworn brothers to a wanted monk? How charming is such a person? But I am more inclined to think that Xuanzang did all this with a fist that was bigger than the monk’s bowl.
, but I was a little surprised to give up the position of National Preceptor.
He doesn't look like a monk anymore.
According to what...'Ape' said, this is more like a Confucian scholar.
Damn it, are all the Confucian scholars and civil servants in Middle-earth so outrageous?
Twenty-six of them:
We came to Qiuci. There is a strange custom in Qiuci. After a child is born, his head is wrapped with wooden boards. The royal family is no exception. Their heads are all flat, so the women are not very good-looking. But I think, holding the cloth and covering it
Head, actually it’s almost the same.
I told the ape proudly.
Very good, that 'ape' gave me a good beating, I wrote it down, stinky monkey.
But this is really a great place, with endless monks’ houses, towering pagodas, flying sky dancing in the sky, thousands of Buddhas leaping overhead, monks and Buddhas swarming in, and the sound of preaching is endless. I
I thought Xuanzang would stay here for a long time, but he didn't.
A monk told me before that practicing Buddhism must be a painful thing, but here, I saw that the box containing the relics of the eminent monks depicts the singing and dancing of the mortal world. I couldn't think about it, and finally asked Xuanzang.
, he thought for a long time and told me:
What is Buddhism? Buddhism is for people to use.
If we can achieve a balance between the worldly singing and dancing and the wisdom of eminent monks.
So even if the Buddha is still alive, it cannot be said that this is not a brilliant Dharma.
I suddenly felt a little strange. Why would such a devout monk like him say such a thing? Did he really go to the Buddhist country to obtain Buddhist scriptures? And if the Buddha did not agree with his views, what would he do?
After rejecting the position of National Preceptor.
He once again rejected such a place where the world of mortals and Buddhism reached a kind of exquisite peace and moved on. For any monk, leaving such a place where Buddhism flourishes is definitely harder than abandoning treasures. He seems to
He doesn't look like a Confucian scholar anymore.
He is an ascetic practitioner.
Twenty-seven of them:
After leaving Qiuci, we must cross the Snow Mountains, Kunlun Mountains and Tianshan Mountains.
Chen Yuan, that is, the 'ape', was restless for some reason and wanted to climb up Kunlun.
But for the sake of safety, we chose to walk from the other side. No one has ever climbed here before, so it is very dangerous. This time on the snow mountain trip, the snow mountain is thousands of feet high, there are no roads, and even warriors cannot breathe on it.
, and I saw a tyrannosaurus in the wind and snow, "The cold wind was biting, and there were many tyrannosauruses, flying sand and rocks, and they were killed when they encountered them."
We walked for seven days and half of us died.
I've never seen him so sad.
During this trip, we encountered Turkic cavalry bandits.
Those Turkic people's packages contained the belongings of the dead, and the smell of blood rose into the sky. Women and men were dragged with ropes to run outside. Some were already dead, and there was a strong stench from the grinding.
Even a horse bandit like me can't stand it.
At this time, I saw Xuanzang's anger for the first time.
He killed fifty-seven Turkic bandits and horse thieves wearing iron armor with his bare hands.
Then those who died were buried.
The expression on the face is sad and weak.
I felt that when he took action in anger, he was like the legendary King Kong, and when he recited the sutra at the end, he seemed to shed tears, crying for strangers, and secretly mourning for those who left, and he was actually like
Just like a Bodhisattva.
I never imagined that compassion and wrath could appear in him at the same time.
From this perspective, he looks more like an ordinary person.
He didn't tell us how to record this time, but Ape and I both made silent changes.
We told the outside world that those bandits and horse thieves had internal strife, and the spoils were divided unevenly, so they broke up.
Everyone believed it.
Its thirty-seven:
We arrived at the royal court of Western Turks.
The Eastern Turks were at war with the Tang Dynasty, while the Western Turks were actually allies of the Tang Dynasty.
This time, Xuanzang once again succeeded in gaining the friendship of the Turkic Khan. Although I knew that this friendship was only because of Xuanzang's personal charm and confidence. Although I panicked when his palm pressed on the top of my head, but
When he put away his palms and Zen staff, he was the most convincing person I have ever met.
The Turkic Khan sent a general who had gone to Chang'an and was proficient in the languages of various countries to protect us.
Although I believe that Xuanzang could bury this general in the soil with one hand.
In addition, the ape has been running around in this city, writing his so-called records of the Western Regions, geographical situation, climate, products, politics, economy, culture, customs, religion, everything. This guy is really boring, he talks about these things
It would be useful, but if I asked him what it would be used for, he couldn't answer.
It’s just that someone seems to have told him that routes, culture, and customs are the most important things.
Oh, by the way, this royal court.
It's called Broken Leaf City.
Shi Pantuo stretched out and left his words behind. He mocked the ranger as usual, and then got beaten up. After lying down for an hour, he went to the ground to eat, and then the ranger who went out to fight with people
The monk held my son back by the neck and ordered him to read Buddhist scriptures.
After taking a look, I saw that the Buddhist scripture in the knight's hand was the Vimalakīrti Sutra.
While living here, Xuanzang was given a rare lotus seed. However, due to the hard work on the road, he had to put the lotus seed in the water tank in the courtyard. They left quickly. When they left, that
The ranger slashed hard at the door with the Chang'an sword in his hand, the sword's energy was fierce.
To show that this was the place where the Chang'an Rangers lived.
At this time, no one knew that half a century later, the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty entered the Western Turkic city based on the route recorded in the Records of the Western Regions, and established the official office of the Tang Dynasty in the former royal court. Outside the city, the Queen
Wu Zetian ordered the establishment of a Buddhist temple.
At this time, a Tianshui family named Li came to Suiye City.
One day.
Their children found the Vimalakīrti Sutra in the gap in the wall
This Buddhist scripture is also called the Green Lotus Buddhist scripture, and because of the tranquility of a lotus flower in the courtyard.
Therefore, she named herself Qinglian.
Seventy-two years after Xuanzang and Chen Yuan walked through Suiye City, Lay Buddhist Qinglian was born here.
And twenty years later, he wore a long sword on his waist and walked towards Chang'an like a knight-errant.
History is always like this, intertwined in places that no one could have imagined, romantic and magnificent.
Of course the horse bandit didn't care about this. He just accompanied Xuanzang and the ranger he called an ape, walking hard on the road to the Western Regions, recording what he saw and heard:
'Samarkand, the people here believe in Zoroastrianism.'
'When we entered the city, we were beaten.'
Such things were also included in Xuanzang's memories and were recorded.
"Two of my apprentices were driven away by Zoroastrians with torches and almost lost their lives."
The subsequent results still cannot be put on paper, but whether it is Xuanzang's memories or the records of the horse bandits, they are all written down. The result - Xuanzang introduced Buddhism to the king of Samarkand, and the time changed in one night
'The king's faith.
The king gave up Zoroastrianism and began to live according to the etiquette of Middle-earth Buddhism.
They even began to capture and expel Zoroastrianism.
In this kind of behavior, it is difficult not to say that the reason for some monks to vent their anger is that the horse bandits are very happy anyway, and then when they came to live, the king's queen here is the sister of the king of Gaochang, so he felt that he should have a good rest.
Even the ranger thinks so.
Then they encountered something very confusing.
The sister of King Gaochang passed away.
The king of the living kingdom has taken a new wife.
Then a very bloody thing happened. The king's son fell in love with his stepmother and killed his father. The words that were recorded were: 'The child is young, and the adult son inherits the throne and still marries his stepmother.
'
So in the turmoil, Xuanzang used a pair of iron fists and an eight hundred kilogram Zen staff to open a way out.
He actually broke out unexpectedly.
"In the country of Kapishi, I used the Buddha's relics for divination and got a sign from the bodhi tree."
'In Gandhara I saw ruins and encountered bandits.'
When Xuanzang and Chen Yuan finally arrived at their destination, a very outrageous thing happened. Xuanzang was actually raped. There was a goddess from the ancient Indian sect, Tuga, who claimed to be the source of the Ganges.
He wanted Xuanzang to be his sacrifice.
More than fifty warriors from the ancient times robbed Xuanzang.
Xuanzang was in a better mood.
So he just set off the god's boat. "The Biography of Master Tripitaka" concealed that Xuanzang did this. It recorded that "black wind blew up, broke trees and flew sand, rivers surged, and boats capsized. The warriors of the ancient times thought that
It was the gods who were angry, so they knelt down and worshiped honestly.'
In the end, when the Tang Dynasty successfully conquered the Eastern Turks and allowed the Turkic Khans to dance in the back garden, Xuanzang and Chen Yuan also arrived at their destination, raised their heads, and saw Nalanda Temple.
PS: Today’s second update... Historically, Shi Pantuo actually left Xuanzang outside Yumen Pass. Of course, there will be an explanation for the reason later. Maomaotou liked it, because in order to shape Xuanzang’s characteristics, he had to use this,
Recording in a manner similar to observing narrative.
One of the most popular theories about Li Bai's birthplace choice is Sui Ye.
To be honest, official history is even more outrageous.
An excerpt of Xuanzang's experience is recorded in "The Biography of Master Tripitaka". Yes, the reason is really that the robbers got into internal strife, and then left directly after the internal strife without doing anything. I believe it.