Master Xuanzang who has studied in India
Childhood
Master Xuan Zang was born in the second year of Emperor Wenshou Renshou (AD 602), and died in the first year of Emperor Gaozong's lind (BC 664). The common name is Chen. Since childhood, she is poor, but she is eager to learn.
In the eight years of the Emperor Sui Dynasty (in 612 AD), the emperor went down. At that time, Xuanzang was only eleven years old, and his age was not stipulated. However, he was deeply influenced by his brother, Master Jie, and had the volunteers of Hongfa Lisheng. So he went to apply for it and finally got the appreciation of the main examination and accepted it.
India
When Xuanzang studied the Buddhist scriptures, he found that there were often places in the scriptures where the meaning was not comprehensive. There were many doubts and they could not be solved. Therefore, I was willing to go to India to learn.
Tang Taizong’s three years of worship (in 627 AD), when Xuanzang was twenty-eight years old, he had several co-habits. He was extremely hard on the way from the land, and his peers left. He came to the Gobi desert alone, saw the gravel everywhere, no one smoked around, but still adventurously.
Xuanzang crossed the Yiwu border and went to Gaochang. The King Wentai was also a believer in Buddhism. He was very respectful to Xuanzang. Besides giving away many gifts, he escorted him to the border and introduced him a letter. Please take care of and protect the kings along the way. he.
Conquering the outer road
Xuanzang is on the road, and whenever he meets well-known scholars, he must follow them to learn. Finally, he arrived at the most famous Nalanda Temple in India. He studied the big and the small classics with the Buddhist authority and scholars and other famous teachers at that time. After five years, he was proficient in the classics, the law, and the Sanzang. Every time he argues with the outside world, Xuanzang can convince the other party. Therefore, Wei Ming shocked all of India, and many kings, ministers and people have converted to him.
Returning to China
Xuanzang later traveled all over India, and greeted the Buddha's sacred rites. He stayed in India for fifteen years and passed through fifty-six countries along the way. In the 19th year of Emperor Taizong's reign of Emperor Taizong (in 640 AD), he brought many classics, relics and Buddha statues back to China. When arriving at the country gate, he first wrote a chapter to the emperor.
Tang Taizong saw it and was very happy. He sent the minister to meet him. When he returned to Chang'an, the people cheered along the way, the fragrant flowers were everywhere, and the French building fluttered very lively.
Translation of Buddhist scriptures
Xuanzang began his translation work at Hongfu Temple. In the nineteen years before and after, he wrote a total of seventy-five and one thousand three hundred and thirty-five volumes. The disciples recorded the "Da Tang Western Regions" and described the passage of the classics. Tang Taizong also wrote a "Holy Order" to praise him.
Xuanzang died at the age of 63, and Gao Zong went to the three days to express his condolences. On the day of the state funeral, the officials, the people, the ancestors, and the customs who came to participate in the funeral from all over the country reached more than one million people. respect.
Far-reaching influence
Xuanzang is proficient in Sanskrit, the classics translated, the texts are refined and refined, correcting the mistakes of the old translations, opening up a new era of Chinese translation history, and contributing a lot to the study of Buddhist principles in China. Even the development of literature in later generations has a great influence. Secondly, he traveled to and from China and India, and played a role in communication between the culture and transportation of the two places.
Zen Sixth Master Huineng Master
Born poor
Master Hui Neng was born in the 12th year of Emperor Taizong's reign of Emperor Taizong (AD 638), and died in the first year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (AD 713). The common surname Lu, the Fanyang of Hebei, the father of the eunuch Lingnan, will be in Guangdong. When he was three years old, his father died and his mother raised an adult. Since childhood, she was poor and she raised her mother by selling firewood.
To be continued in the next part