Chapter 1330: Heart Sutra

"Little baby, there are a lot of people here, why don't we go to the library first?"

In fact, what Li Jilin is most interested in is the vast collection of books, especially the fragments of "Siku Quanshu" and "Yongle Grand Canon" that Zhang Tianyuan brought back from abroad this time, as well as a large number of Dunhuang classics, as well as other books that have been looted to Europe and have not even been recorded in historical materials.

Zhang Tianyuan brought him to the Bronze Pavilion just now, he didn't say it explicitly, firstly, he was unwilling to disturb Zhang Tianyuan's kindness, and secondly, he did have some interest in Wu Zetian Jiuding and Yin Tianzi Sanjian, but now the situation is different, this bronze pavilion is crowded with people, especially near Yin Tianzi's three swords and Wu Zetian Jiuding, then basically there is no way to get close, since it can't be approached, it is better not to look at it.

So, Li Jilin put forward his own ideas.

Zhang Tianyuan was originally to accompany him to visit, and his request was not too much, so Zhang Tianyuan said hello to Dong Lao and Li Lao, and asked them to visit here now, and he accompanied Mr. Li Jilin to the library first.

Dong Xueshu and Li Shuheng's favorite are naturally these antiques, they are reluctant to go to the library, at least they are not so interested now.

However, Li Mingguang plans to go with Li Jilin, as the president of the National University of Geosciences, the contemporary Hongru, although the reputation is not as good as Master Yuanbo and Master Li Jilin, but he is also one of the most promising people to become a "master", so the thirst for knowledge is far higher than the thirst for antiques.

Most of the antiques he bought outside were actually taken back for study, especially the utensils with inscriptions or inscriptions. There are so many books these days. Of course, he won't miss it.

So Zhang Tianyuan pushed Li Jilin and followed Li Mingguang on the side. He was followed by Mr. Li Jilin's nurse and a few students, and these people were going to send Li Jilin home later. So naturally, they can't leave without permission.

Since Zhang Tianyuan's HRE Museum is very large, each pavilion is independent of each other, although there is a front entrance and a back door, but if you want to go from one of the pavilions to the other, you must go out first.

Going out from the back door of the bronze pavilion, walk about a distance of about 100 meters, and you will be facing the library.

It is said that Zhang Tianyuan originally planned to call the library "Zangjing Pavilion", mainly because there are currently the most scriptures stored in this library, and it is not bad to call it this name. But it was collectively vetoed by the top. I think this name is too two, this is not Shaolin Temple, what kind of scripture pavilion, just call it the library, after all, there will be books in the future, and the library is obviously more suitable.

In order to satisfy his own selfish desires, poor Zhang Tianyuan did not achieve it, so he had no choice but to accept the construction of everyone and call this place the library. Although the name is a little ordinary, the contents are not ordinary at all.

"Huh?"

As soon as he entered the library, Li Jilin lifted the glasses on the bridge of his nose and let out a surprised cry. His gaze was fixed on a wall of screens at the entrance.

This screen wall is about three meters high. The one that separates it from the rest of the walls is not wide, only four or five meters. It directly blocked the view of tourists inside, which of course was deliberate. In Feng Shui, it is naturally not good to see the inside directly.

The screen wall is not an ordinary screen wall. It is thought that this wall was built by Zhang Tianyuan with bricks brought back from Europe one by one.

Originally, the walls were carved with Buddhist scriptures and murals, which were dismantled into pieces and shipped to Europe, which really took a lot of effort. Now it has been rebuilt and placed here, not only has a heavy atmosphere of history, but also is very beautiful.

At the beginning, the mural and text should have been carved on a smooth boulder mountain wall, but those stones were carved into brick-like stones by special means, and now when they are put together, there will definitely be brick joints, but this is not difficult for Zhang Tianyuan, and he used his own word filling technique to forcibly heal these gaps.

Anyway, this wall was built by him himself, and no one else knows about the whole process, so how exactly did he achieve such an effect, no one else knows.

Such a stone carving, not only exquisite carving, but also has a very long history, it is reported that the contemporary master Xuanzang invited from ancient India to carve in Sanskrit.

Of course, Zhang Tianyuan has also personally identified it, and it is not very clear whether this statement is reliable, but the carving is indeed from the Tang Dynasty, and it is indeed Sanskrit, as for the rest, it is not clear, after all, it is impossible for Zhang Tianyuan to travel to the Tang Dynasty to see who got it.

"I have seen many versions of the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra, but it is so rare to be carved on a stone wall like this, and it is so complete and exquisite......

Li Jilin excitedly wanted to stand up, but he was at this age, and he really had more than enough strength to do so. Zhang Tianyuan saw that he was excited, comforted, and then moved the wheelchair to the vicinity, and entered the ground qi, so that the old man could keep some calm, after all, people of this age, if they are too excited, it will be a big incident.

Because he was concentrating on the carvings on the walls, Li Jilin didn't notice the comfortable energy coming in his body at all, his eyes were shining, obviously thinking that he had come to the library this time.

"This is the Sanskrit carving of the Tang Dynasty, and from the perspective of the Sanskrit carving technology, it should not be the handwriting of the Tang people, but it seems to be the handiwork of the masters of ancient India, because this technique is not available in the Tang Dynasty, and our country has never found it, and the styles are different and the habits are different......"

The Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra, also known as the Mahaprajnaparamita Heart Sutra, referred to as the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra or the Heart Sutra, is a concise, profound, outlined, and extremely important sutra in the Prajnaparamita Sutra series, which is a Buddhist scripture that Mahayana Buddhist monks and lay Buddhists recite daily. Now the Tang Dynasty Sanzang Master Xuanzang's translation is the most popular.

"Relics, color is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from color, color is emptiness, emptiness is color, and it is the same when you want to know it. It is the text in the translation, and it is estimated that many people have heard of it, but they may not know that this is the content of the Heart Sutra.

The carving on the wall is two kinds of text, one is Sanskrit, and the other is Xuanzang's translation, which can be sure of Xuanzang's own handwriting, and then invited a very good carver to carve it.

The Horyuji Bayeux in Japan is the oldest known Sanskrit text, the Heart Sutra, and is originally in the Tokyo Museum. Legend has it that this book was originally handwritten by Venerable Kasaba and later passed on by Bodhidharma to Zen Master Hui Si, and then introduced to Japan by Ono Meizi in the 17th year of Emperor Suiko, that is, in the 60th year of AD.

And the Sanskrit "Heart Sutra" on this wall should be regarded as the oldest engraved copy.

But even so, Zhang Tianyuan still remembers Japan's "Heart Sutra", originally this thing was Bodhidharma transmitted to China, and it was taken away by Little Japan, and he took it back, which can be regarded as inviting the scriptures home.

"Little baby, you surprised me very much, I had heard of this engraved scripture at the beginning, but I never had the opportunity to see it in person, because I asked a lot of people, and everyone didn't know where this thing was transported, even if I could still take a plane out of the country at that time, but there was no clue, amazing!

Li Jilin said with emotion, while taking the magnifying glass from the assistant's hand, and began to carefully study and analyze this scripture.

In fact, there is also a mural carved on it, and the content of the mural is Xuanzang handing over the scriptures with an unknown Indian mage.

Perhaps this set of scriptures is believed to have been carved by Xuanzang and Indian mages, because of the murals. In addition, this translated version is indeed the Xuanzang version, so most people are convinced of this.

Of course, Li Jilin also has this idea, but he has always wanted to find the original and take a closer look to see if this is the case. Otherwise, it is estimated that even if it is buried one day, it will be unwilling.

"Little baby, can you carry me?" Li Jilin said suddenly.

Sitting in a wheelchair, after all, it was too low, and the high one could not be seen at all, and Li Jilin couldn't stand up now, so he could only ask Zhang Tianyuan.

In fact, there were so many students next to him, he could have let them carry them, but the first thing that came to mind was Zhang Tianyuan, which showed that the old man was really very satisfied with Zhang Tianyuan at this time.

Of course, Zhang Tianyuan would not refuse, he admired this master very much. In the past, when the old man came to their school to give academic speeches, he wanted to get to know the old man, but unfortunately at that time he was just a student and had no chance at all.

He carried the old man on his back, and the old man thanked him, and then walked up and down the wall under the old man's command.

Although he was a little tired, he was very happy in his heart, because he was not carrying an ordinary old man, but a real national treasure master.

The old man was obviously also very excited, although Zhang Tianyuan had already used earth qi to make him try to stay calm, but the more the old man looked at it, the more he felt that this thing was excellent, and he couldn't help but praise it again and again, this feeling became excited again, forcing Zhang Tianyuan to use earth qi again.

After finally reading it, Zhang Tianyuan also breathed a sigh of relief and put Master Li Jilin in the wheelchair again. He was relieved, not because he didn't have to carry it, in fact, he wasn't tired at all, he was just worried about the old man's body.

He hadn't known each other for a long time, and he didn't want Master Li Jilin to pass away like this.

"Alas, it's really amazing, Tian Yuan, I think you should go abroad more in the future, not only to Europe, but also to places like the United States and Japan. Every time you travel, you can bring back a huge surprise. This kind of carving is probably the only one in the world, not even the Palace Museum. If you can get the earliest Sanskrit "Heart Sutra" in Japan, and compare it with a complete set, the influence will be even greater. ”

Li Mingguang on the side also said with emotion. (To be continued......)