From now on, this book will be two days off and one day off, please forgive me.

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In the afternoon of the next day, in the face of Cao Pi, who suddenly appeared, Sun Quan, who was alias "Sun Yafu", was somewhat surprised. After all, in his impression, although he had several contacts with Cao Pi in Zun Jing Pavilion, Jiangwu Hall and other places, the relationship between the two can only be said to be a general friendship. However, after learning that it was Qihou Cai Ji who invited him to go to Cui Yan's mansion to ask questions, Sun Quan came to Cai Ji's car with Cao Pi without saying a word.

It is said that this is the second time that Sun Quan has come face-to-face with Cai Ji himself. The last time was in the workshop of the lecture hall, and that time the two looked at each other, and Sun Quan exchanged a chic glance for a smile from Qi Hou Yanran. Sun Quan thought that his behavior that time left a deep impression on Cai Ji, so this time the other party invited him to travel together. But who would have thought that Cai Ji in the car at this moment seemed to not know Sun Quan at all, and after only nodding to him, he ordered the coachman to drive to Cui's mansion.

Seeing that Cai Ji didn't take the self-righteous Sun Quan in his eyes at all, Cao Pi couldn't help but feel secretly happy, but on the surface, he was still quite enthusiastic to invite the stunned Sun Quan to the latter ox cart. Xu is Cai Ji's reaction just now made Sun Quan a little suspicious. After Cao Pi got in the car and sat side by side with him, Sun Quan couldn't help but ask the other party for evidence, "Dare to ask Cao Gongzi, is it really the Marquis of Qi who invited Yafu to go to Cui's Mansion together?" ＂

Cao Pi replied quietly, "Don't hide it from Brother Sun, the person who invited Brother Sun is Pi." ＂

When Sun Quan heard that the person in front of him was actually the second son of Cao in front of him, the suspicious look on his face couldn't help but become more and more intense. Cao Pi, on the other hand, secretly observed the other party's face, and continued to explain to himself, "When Pi was lecturing in the martial arts hall, he saw that Brother Sun was very enthusiastic about miscellaneous studies and had unique insights. Therefore, he took it upon himself to introduce Brother Sun to Qi Hou. Abruptly, I also look at Brother Sun Haihan. ＂

Don't lie unnecessarily, this is a creed that Cao Pi summed up after staying by Cai Ji's side for a while. Just like Sun Yafu in front of him, as long as he talks to Qi Hou. You will know who introduced him. Cao Pi lied on this matter. Not only is it easy to be exposed, but once it is exposed, it will cause Qi Hou to be angry. This is quite a gain for Cao Pi. And like now, simply suing the other party that the referrer is himself, and the other party can't accuse himself face-to-face even if he has doubts.

Sure enough, after listening to Cao Pi's explanation. Although Sun Quan was still wary of Cao Pi in his heart, the expression on his face was as usual. But seeing him, he smiled and thanked Cao Pi, "I see." Yafu thanked Cao Gongzi for his appreciation. ＂

"Why should Brother Sun be so polite. ＂

"Haha? ＂

"Huh? ＂

Cui Yan's mansion is located on the outskirts of Longkou, which is much cleaner than the city and the port. It's not too far. Not long after, a group of carriages and horses had stopped at the gate of Cui's mansion. Cui Mansion Menzi saw that Qi Hou was visiting, so he hurriedly entered the mansion to report. So after a while, I saw Cui Yan leading a tall man to greet him.

But I saw that the man standing next to Cui Yan was about thirty years old, with slightly curly hair and a high nose. A pair of eyes with a very rare pale amber color. At first glance, it did not look like the appearance of people in the Central Plains, which immediately attracted Cao Pi and Sun Quan to look at each other curiously.

However, Cai Ji seemed to know from the beginning that there was such a person, and he saw her greet Cui Yan with a pleasant face. "This is the Gongming layman mentioned earlier. ＂

"Exactly. Cui Yan nodded. Instead, he reminded the man behind him, "Gong Ming has seen Qi Hou quickly. ＂

The man known as Gongming immediately stepped forward and saluted Cai Ji, "The Yue clan Zhiqian has seen Qi Hou. ＂

Hearing the other party call himself "Zhiqian", Cai Ji's face showed a look of understanding. For later generations of Buddhism, Zhiqian was an extremely important figure. Zhiqian, also known as Zhiyue, is a native of the Yue clan, and his grandfather Fadu led hundreds of Chinese people to move to China during the time of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. Zhiqian followed. Employed by the branch of the door of the people of the Liang, deep understanding of the Sanskrit scriptures. Later, in order to avoid the melee in Guanzhong, Zhiqian followed his clansmen south to Eastern Wu. During his time in Eastern Wu, Zhi Qian was worshiped as a doctor by Sun Quan, the lord of Wu, because of his intelligence and knowledge, and tutored the crown prince Sun Liang. However, it was not his political achievements in Soochow that made Zhiqian famous for later generations. Rather, from the second year of Wu Sunquan and Huangwu to the second year of Sun Liang Jianxing (223-253 AD), about 30 years, he translated 88 Buddhist scriptures and 118 volumes, as well as his original "Praise Bodhisattva Sentence Sanskrit" three deeds.

Of course, the current Zhiqian is not very famous, and it is impossible for Cai Ji to directly take the other party's hand and say, "I know the layman alone, and the layman is the translator of everyone." "It's no wonder that it doesn't scare people away. So Cai Ji signaled that Zhiqian didn't need to be polite, and sighed in the name of his father, "I listened to my father's words in my early years, and I know the world, and there are no more than three. Presumably, the layman must have a deep understanding of the Sanskrit scriptures. ＂

Hearing Cai Ji praise his family education in public, Zhi Qian was proud, and hurriedly said modestly, "Qi Hou has won the award." Sanskrit is broad and profound, and he has only learned a little bit of skin, so how dare he claim to be profound. ＂

"The branch monk is too humble. Cai Ji waved his hand and said, "I heard that the layman is translating Sanskrit scriptures. I don't know if I can borrow a lonely one? ＂

"Please come with me. Zhi Qian bowed and led the way.

It is said that Zhiqian has just started translating Buddhist scriptures now, and he needs to find a safe and clean place and the princes who know the goods to help him translate the scriptures. Originally, Zhiqian wanted to translate scriptures in Xudu, after all, Xudu was where the Son of Heaven was, and a large number of nobles had gathered, which was suitable for spreading and promoting Buddhism. When Zhiqian's family arrived in Xudu, they found that Cao Cao not only had no interest in Buddhism, but even had a tendency to suppress Buddhism. In fact, it is no wonder that Cao Cao would be so wary of Buddhism, after all, the previous Xiapi Xiangrong had used Buddhism to make waves in Guangling, Xiapi, and Pengcheng counties, and even killed Zhao Yu, the Taishou of Guangling, and Xue Fu, the minister of Pengcheng. Although Zhenrong was eventually destroyed by Yangzhou Mu Liu Xuan. However, this incident greatly damaged the reputation of Buddhism in the Central Plains, making it a religion that the government needed to guard against like the Taiping Dao.

Seeing that Cao Cao had a bad attitude towards Buddhism, the Zhi clan set off south again to take refuge in Eastern Wu. Just as Zhiqian was about to go south with his people, he received a letter from his old friend Cui Yan. Cui Yan's detailed introduction of the lecture hall and the Zun Jing Pavilion in the letter made him fascinated. So in line with the idea of trying his luck, Zhiqian left the clan and came to Donglai alone. At this moment, Cai Ji's interest in Sanskrit strengthened Zhiqian's determination to stay in Longkou.

Under the guidance of Zhi Qian, the group soon came to the wing room where he lived. But I saw that the huge house was full of books of all colors, except for a few beds. Among them, there are not only familiar bamboo slips, but also Sanskrit texts full of tadpole scripts. Cai Ji walked forward and flipped through a few pages. I found that there was a gap between the Buddhist scriptures I had seen in later generations.

In fact, it is not surprising that Buddhism in the Han Dynasty was mainly based on translating Buddhist scriptures. Zhi Qian was deeply influenced by Han culture since he was a child, so he was proficient in Chinese and learned Mahayana Buddhist theories from fellow scholar Zhi Liang. and the same as the Sanskrit. He was very dissatisfied with the translation of Buddhist scriptures in this era with obscure righteousness and excessive simplicity and quality, so he advocated that "Shangwen" and "Shangqua" should be reconciled when translating Buddhist scriptures. This brings Zhiqian's translation closer to the reading habits of the Han dynasty. Of course, in the eyes of the monks who are rigid in form, Zhiqian tries to remove the complexity of the Sanskrit texts and save each other's convenience. He also tried his best to reduce the transliteration to the lowest level, so that sometimes even the dharani that should have the original pronunciation was paraphrased, which was inevitably a little disgusting. However, Cai Ji didn't care about this at all, after all, she didn't come to get the "true scriptures" in the first place.

After a cursory look at the results of the translation. Cai Ji turned around and asked Zhi Qian seriously, "Can Zhi Jushi be familiar with Yin Ming?" ＂

Zhi Qian thought that Cai Ji had taken the test for his own Sanskrit, so he happily replied. "Inmy. In Sanskrit, it is called Hetuvidyā, and together with Statement, Gongqiaoming, Medical Prescription, and Neiming, it is called Wuming. ＂

"Is there a Chinese translation of this study?" Cai Ji asked.

"Not yet. Zhi Qian shook his head.

Then ask the layman to translate this book. Not only because of Mingxue, but also hoped that the layman could translate the classics of mathematics, medicine and other classics for Gu into Chinese. Cai Ji said, and bowed respectfully towards Zhiqian.

Body poison is the name given to India by the Han Dynasty. The cause mentioned by Caiji is the logic of ancient India. Logic has three major origins: China, ancient India, and ancient Greece. That is, Chinese dialectics is represented by Hui Shi, Gongsun Long, Mo Zhai and their later studies. Ancient Indian Cause Ming is based on Indian debate, and Cause Ming is the special name of Buddhist logic. The logic of ancient Greece is represented by the propositional logic of Aristotle and the Stoics. Each of the three parties has its own characteristics. In addition, ancient India and ancient Greece also had many outstanding achievements in astronomy, mathematics, medicine and other fields. At present, the Respect Pavilion has collected a large number of pre-Qin classics. On this basis, Cai Ji hoped to introduce the theories of the other two schools into the Central Plains and lay the foundation for the development of natural science. In fact, even in the original history, Europe relied on learning Oriental doctrines from the Arab world to have the Renaissance.

In fact, the concept of cause and ming was introduced to China at the beginning of the translation of Buddhist scriptures, but as Zhi Qian said, there are no special classics of cause and ming in the Central Plains. In history, it was Master Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty who officially introduced Mingxue to China, and Mingxue flourished in the Tang Dynasty. Of course, it is not too early for Cai Ji to introduce the study of the Ming Dynasty, and it must be known that the third century is the peak period of the development of the study of the Ming Dynasty, as long as you are not afraid of not being able to get the relevant classics.

However, compared to the well-established science of karma, the mathematics of ancient India did not reach its peak until the 10th and 13th centuries. Even the symbol "zero" did not appear until the second half of the 9th century. Of course, it is impossible for Cai Ji to wait for the Indians for 500 years. But she can simplify the current mathematical formula by using guò Indian numeral symbols. And when some concepts in later generations do not conform to traditional metaphysics and Confucianism, they can also be distinguished in the name of foreign doctrines. As the saying goes, the stones of other mountains can attack jade. Historically, European scholars of the Renaissance have not been less interested in selling their own research in the name of the Orient.

Zhiqian didn't know that the young woman in front of him was brewing a great exchange between Eastern and Western academics. He just felt a little disappointed. After all, from Cai Ji's words, Zhi Qian felt that the other party was not interested in Buddhism, but just wanted to let him translate the doctrine of body poison for him. However, he was not discouraged by this, because the doctrine of body poison was almost always based on religion. I think that when Buddhism first spread to the Central Plains, it was spread among the upper nobles under the guise of Huang Lao. In the end, many nobles of the Han family also became Buddhists in the process of seeking immortality. Cai Ji was a major prince of the Central Plains, sitting on a land of thousands of miles, and if he could convert to Buddhism, or even just have a good impression of Buddhism, it would help Buddhism to flourish in the Central Plains.

"Willing to serve the Marquis of Qi." In this way, Zhiqian held the concept of promoting Buddhism and readily agreed to Cai Ji's request.

Cai Ji reciprocated Li Di and reassured, "The monks are at ease in Longkou, and the cost of translating the scriptures is borne by one person." ”

Seeing that Cai Ji was so generous, Zhi Qian once again happily thanked him, "Xie Qihou for your grace." ”

Following Zhiqian, according to Cai Ji's interest, he introduced him to many miscellaneous studies in the Western Regions and India, including astronomy and geography, poetry and music, and even yoga. Cai Ji listened to the exotic anecdotes with relish, and interspersed a few words of his own views on the Western Regions from time to time. Since there are some merchants from the Western Regions who have come from thousands of miles to do business in Longkou City at the moment, Cai Ji's views on the Western Regions did not arouse the suspicion of everyone present. What's more, there were many emperors and nobles in the Eastern Han Dynasty who were very fond of the utensils of the Western Regions. For example, Liu Hong, the Emperor of Han Ling, has a special hobby for Hu Shi Di and is an authentic Hu Shi Tianzi. Because Emperor Ling loved Hu clothes, Hu tents, Hu beds, Hu sitting, Hu rice, Hu Konghou, Hu flute, and Hu dance, the nobles of Jingshi also learned from him, and it became popular for a while. Therefore, Zhi Qian took it for granted that Cai Ji was also quite yearning for the things of the Western Regions, and when he told about the customs and customs of the Western Regions, he also emphasized the content of gorgeous pleasures. The two sides talked happily until the sun set in the west, and Cai Ji led Cao Pi and Sun Quan to get up and say goodbye.

However, compared with the satisfied Cai Ji, Cui Yan, and Zhi Qian, Cao Pi and Sun Quan, who walked out of Cui's mansion side by side, were quite depressed. It is undeniable that Zhi Qian's introduction to the various schools in the Western Regions in one afternoon was an eye-opener for the two of them. But because of this, Cao Pi and Sun Quan didn't have a chance to interject in the Cui Mansion just now, so they could only watch Cai Ji and Zhi Qian talk about each other. In fact, not only Cao Pi and Sun Quan, but also Cui Yan, who was the owner of Cui's mansion, was only acting as a companion before. As the sage said, "To know is to know, not to know is not to know, and to know is to know." "To know is to know, not to know is not to know, this is the wise attitude to learn.

However, Cao Pi and Sun Quan did not think so. In the eyes of the two of them, visiting Cui's Mansion today should have been a good time for him to have a good life in front of Qi Hou. Especially in the case of competitors, the two teenagers' desire is unprecedentedly inflated. I thought that in the end, the two of them would become clay sculptures and wooden tires, and they couldn't even insert a sentence. And the only thing that made Cao Pi and Sun Quan feel a little relieved in their hearts was that the other party's appearance was worse than their own.

Just as Cao Pi and Sun Quan were walking towards their own ox cart with their heads down, they saw the maid beside Cai Ji suddenly running to salute the two and said, "Qi Hou has invited the two sons to get into the car and talk." ”

When Cao Pi and Sun Quan heard that Cai Ji wanted to see him, they couldn't help but raise their heads and glance at each other. Both of them saw the meaning of competition in each other's eyes. Of course, it was only a flash, and Cao Pi and Sun Quan returned to normal, and they both followed the maid to Cai Ji's car.

Cai Ji's cart is slightly larger than the average ox cart, pulled by two oxen, and can fit four adults without difficulty. At this moment, seeing Cao Pi and Sun Yafu coming together, Cai Ji raised the curtain and greeted the two, "Please get in the car." ”

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The previous verse was written incorrectly, "The Cao family is self-righteous and cheap, and there is no one who can do righteous deeds." "It was Cao Rui's original partner Yu who said it. Thank you for your correction.