Xiao Yan practiced martial arts and believed in Taoism in his early years. Later, he converted to Buddhism and became a devout Buddhist disciple. He once ordered the whole people to worship Buddha. Buddhism became popular in the Liang Dynasty. Mr. Tang Yongtong concluded; "Buddhism in the Southern Dynasties flourished in Liang Wudi." So much so that in the half century of the Liang Dynasty, there were 2,846 Buddhist temples with more than 820,000 monks and nuns. What's even more rare is that Liang Wudi, the son of heaven, is practicing himself. It is reported that in his later years, Liang Wudi ate only one meal a day, eating no meat at all, only bean soup and brown rice. Cut off sexual intercourse at the age of 50 and stay away from concubines. Usually, he wears simple casual clothes, doesn't drink or listen to music. Unless it is a sacrifice to the ancestral temple, there will be no meeting or dinner. What Liang Wudi did was a believer who abided by Buddhist precepts.
Liang Wudi had profound Buddhist attainments and made friends with the famous Taoist monks at that time, which set a precedent for emperors. He also presided over, personally edited and annotated Buddhist scriptures, personally attended many Buddhist scriptures lectures, held dharma meetings and so on. It was during this period that Buddhism was introduced to Japan and Korea. Liang Wudi also gave his life for the temple four times, wearing only French clothes in the temple, and everything else was excluded. The shortest is four days, the longest is the fourth time, 5 1 day. "In April, in Wu Geng, ministers redeemed the emperor and bodhisattva with 1 100 million yuan." This is recorded in historical records.
Liang Wudi is versatile and good at poetry. In his early years, he was famous for his celebrities and talents, and he was a typical literati emperor. This kind of literati character may be one of the main reasons why he believed in Buddhism so deeply, and it also led to quick success and instant benefit, eagerness for the Northern Expedition and finally national subjugation. Just like the later generations lamented Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty: "Being a poet is really unparalleled, being a poor and unlucky king." Liang Wudi's sorrow is probably similar.
Second, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty
Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, the founding emperor of Sui Dynasty, unified China and ended troubled times, which has a profound personal background. Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty has forged an indissoluble bond with Buddhism since he came to the world. He was born in a Buddhist temple, and his parents entrusted him to monks and nuns for raising since he was a child. He was mainly looked after by a nun named Ji-hyun and lived in the temple for 13 years. When he became emperor, he often told his deputies about this Buddhist life in his childhood, and he didn't shy away. Dark Emperor Wen also ordered the historian to make a biography of the nun who raised him, and made a large-scale renovation of buddhist nun where he lived. It is reported that in the first year of Renshou, Emperor Wendi of Sui ordered all states in the world to make statues of gods, immortals and immortals in every Geely Tower, just because he was raised with wisdom and immortals when he was young: Emperor Wendi often expressed his feelings to ministers: I was inspired by Buddhism.
Buddhism in the early Sui Dynasty, especially in the Central Plains, was faced with the problem of survival because of the policy of forbidding Buddhism by Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty contributed a lot to the revival of Buddhism, which made Buddhism formalized, nationalized and institutionalized in China. In addition, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty built a Buddhist temple in Wutai Mountain, making Wutai Mountain one of the four famous Buddhist mountains in China. The famous Shaolin Temple was once destroyed in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and it was revived after the reconstruction of Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty.
Third, Wu Zetian.
If Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty was the emperor who grew up in buddhist nun, Wu Zetian can be called the queen who came out of Buddhism. She came from an official family and entered the palace at the age of 14, becoming a "gifted scholar" of Emperor Taizong. After the death of Emperor Taizong, Wu Zetian walked out of the Tang Palace and went to Kanye Temple for a haircut. Among them, what is the reason, there are different opinions. Soon after, Emperor Gaozong, who had been in love for a long time, took her back to the palace as a princess, later became a queen, and began to participate in political affairs. It was not until later that she listened to politics that she changed her name to Zhou, became an emperor and became a hostess.
The Buddha statue reached its peak in the Wu Zetian period, and Longmen Grottoes is a typical representative. Some people even speculate that the most famous Rushna Buddha statue is Wu Zetian himself. The 80-volume translation of Hua Yan Jing was also prefaced by Wu Zetian himself. Wu Zetian's purpose of worshipping Buddha is to accumulate virtue for herself. Personally, she seems to prefer Taoism, such as the title of "Xuanyuan the Great".
Fourth, Zhu Yuanzhang
Zhu Yuanzhang's poor life experience and the experience of a toddler are all legends. His ancestral home is Pei County, Jiangsu Province. Because of poor family, grandparents moved again and again, and finally settled in Haozhou (now in the breeze). Because he was born in poverty, he didn't even have a formal name when he was a child, so his family called him Chongba. As for Bird's name, that was later. In the fourth year of Yuan Shundi, the people of Haozhou suffered a serious disaster, including drought, locust plague and plague. In the past six months, Zhu's parents and brothers died one after another. He was too poor to afford a funeral. His relatives were buried by a neighbor who gave him a piece of land. In order to make a living, he became a monk in a temple in Huang Jue. Who knows that he has only been a monk for 50 days, and "the monks in the temple are hungry for food", so Zhu Yuanzhang had to go out to beg and taste the sufferings of the world. This experience was later described by Zhu Yuanzhang himself in the tombstone inscription.
In the second year, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was still a monk when he returned to Huang Jue Temple, received a letter from his poor partner, Tang He, saying that he had defected to Guo Zixing and hoped that Zhu would "join hands quickly and achieve great things together". Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated. A few days later, my brother told him that someone was going to report that he had communicated with the Red Scarf Army and let him escape. At this moment, the Yuan army burned the ancestral temple clean, and Zhu Yuanzhang defected to the rebel army and began his military career and brilliant future.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang himself was a monk and didn't know much about Buddhism, he was very afraid of being mentioned as a monk in his early years. Even the words "light", "baldness" and "monk" are dazzling. Many Confucian scholars lost their heads because of this. In the early Ming Dynasty, local officials celebrated the Spring Festival and the royal holidays as usual, which were all eulogies and caused a lot of trouble. For example, Professor Xu Yikui of Fu Xue wrote some words, such as "under the light of the sky" and "a natural saint". Zhu Yuanzhang is far-fetched, saying that "light" in the article refers to baldness and "fate" is the homonym of "monk". Xu presented an article calling him a monk. There is a phrase "Looking at the Green Gate" in the statement of Dean's House instructing Hsien Wu. Zhu believes that "Qingmen" refers to the monk temple. Those who violate taboos are killed by Zhu Yuanzhang's arrogance. It's really wrong.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) Shunzhi
There is a popular legend that the emperor shunzhi was disheartened by the death of his beloved Princess Dongshi, and thought that "everything was empty" and he had nothing to depend on, so he abandoned Jiangshan and went to Wutai Mountain to practice. Later, Emperor Kangxi, the son of Shunzhi, went to Wutai Mountain many times, hoping that husband and wife and father and son would meet, but Shunzhi kept hiding and disappeared, and finally made a positive result. The legendary Shunzhi seems to have become an affectionate emperor who doesn't love mountains and rivers and loves beauty.
Whether Shunzhi really became a monk is a mystery. However, it is true that you are good at Buddhism and addicted to it. Shi Zai Shunzhi did become a monk in the palace, but he was dissuaded. Then, he appointed Wu, the eunuch, as body double, and became a monk for him, and became a monk at Zhong Temple in Benjamin. The general view in academic circles is that Shunzhi died of smallpox.
The official history may not be conclusive, and unofficial history may not be misinformed. Regardless of the truth of the monk case, Shunzhi is regarded as a Buddha emperor in people's minds. As his poem says, "I am a coward in the west, but I have no choice but to fall into the imperial family."
"Qing the emperor shunzhi?
Tang Suzong
Liang Wudi
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty Li Zhen
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