Of course, Buddhism was not willing to fail, and in the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, Emperor Li Shimin came to Hongfu Temple in person to pray for the eldest grandson empress, triggering a new round of fighting methods in the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism.

Even the emperor Li Shimin believed in the Buddha, and the Taoists naturally began to get nervous, worried about the counterattack of Buddhism.

In fact, whether it is Buddhism or Taoism, there are many similarities in doctrine, whether it is to respect Buddha or Taoism, the ruler is the most important.

As far as the past dynasties are concerned, Confucianism is the main tool of the feudal dynasty to rule the world, and as for Buddhism and Taoism, who to respect or suppress is just a means for the ruling class to govern the world.

Regardless of which one is dominant, it is something that the ruler does not want to see.

His Majesty the Emperor came to Hongfu Temple in person, and then there was Princess Jinyang, the daughter of the Emperor, who posted a stone monkey in the Datang Daily, which makes people wonder whether the Buddha pressed the Tao or the Tao was better.

The emperor came to Hongfu Temple in person, so that Buddhism was greatly invigorated, and saw the hope of overpowering Taoism, after preaching, the number of people who were willing to believe in Buddhism increased, the incense burned more vigorously, and the sesame oil money was of course not less profitable.

However, as soon as the stone monkey is released, it is not difficult for those who have read it to find that there is the Taoist ancestor Taishang Laojun in the book, and there is also the Buddha and Guanyin Bodhisattva.

But when comparing the two sides, it is obvious that Taoism is superior.

At this time, the Stone Monkey Ji serialized in the Datang Daily had not yet preached the content of Monkey King being suppressed by the Buddha for 500 years under the Five Elements Mountain.

We can analyze it from five aspects: status, power, belief in the state, tools of rule, and people's satisfaction with it.

The first is status, why did the Buddha cultivate the Monkey King? To answer this question, we have to take a look at the situation in the Heavenly Court World.

There is a Jade Emperor in the Heavenly Court, and the Jade Emperor governs over two sects, Buddhism and Taoism. As the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, since there are two factions, in order to survive then they must compete.

Let's take a look at who had the upper hand in their rivalry before Monkey King was crushed under the Five Elements Mountain. We analyze it from five aspects: status, power, belief in the country, tools of rule, and people's satisfaction with it.

The first is status, Taoism has a very high status in the world of Heavenly Court, because their leader Taishang Laojun has a very high status - the ancestor of the opening of heaven and earth, this is what Monkey King said.

At that time, Buddhism was in a state of leaderlessness, and Buddhism advocated the equality of all beings.

There is a ranking of immortals in the heavenly court, which is called the three clear and four royal, the five elders and the six divisions, the seven yuan and eight poles, and the nine yao and ten capitals, which are true and holy.

"Sanqing" is the first, and Taishang Laojun is the boss of the "Sanqing", the most representative figure of Buddhism, such as the Buddha, was only a "Buddha Lao" at that time, two levels lower than the "Sanqing".

Moreover, there are only a few representatives of the West Heaven in the Heavenly Court: Tai Bai Xing, Tota Heavenly King and his son, Moon Palace Old Taiyin, etc. In terms of status, Taoism prevailed.

Speaking of power, as I said just now, there are only a few representatives of Buddhism in the heavenly court, of course the power is not great, even the Jade Emperor is respectful to the Taoist ancestor, and as soon as he heard that the Taoist ancestor is coming, he immediately went out to greet him.

Taoism can be said to be the representative sect of the Heavenly Court, and Buddhism can only claim the throne in the corner of the Western Heaven. Taoism has the upper hand in power.

Speaking of the countries of faith, the countries that clearly believe in Taoism include the Tang Kingdom, the Wuji Kingdom, the Chechi Kingdom, the Bhikshu Kingdom, the Zhu Zi Kingdom, and the Destruction of France.

Countries that clearly believe in Buddhism include the Sacrifice Country, the Lion Camel Country, and the Tianzhu Country.

Those who can't clearly believe: Baoxiang Kingdom, Xiliang Women's Kingdom, etc.

In terms of the number of "countries of faith", Taoism has a slight upper hand.

Speaking of the tools of rule, "Taoism is the representative faction of the Heavenly Court", and the Heavenly Court has the tools of immortality that can make the masses listen to them, and Taishang Laojun also has a magic weapon - the elixir, which can have the effect of "forging the body".

Monkey King stole the elixir, how strong he was! Thunder does not die, fire does not burn. Everyone must be leaning on the Taoist side, because they can get benefits from them. And Buddhism has nothing.

There are also the masses who are satisfied with it, when Guanyin Bodhisattva and Wooden Fork promote the brocade robe, someone in Datang disdains the brocade robe: "These two leper monks are crazy!" What a fool! These two coarse objects were sold for seven thousand taels of silver? It's just that unless you put on your body and live forever, you have to become a Buddha and an ancestor, and it's not worth so much! Take it! Can't sell! ”

From this passage, we can see that the demand of the masses is "immortality", and they disdain the Buddha of Buddhism, and openly slander Buddhism, and the masses have no good impression of Buddhism.

This is the situation of the Tang Kingdom, let alone what car is late to destroy France.

Taoism prevailed, and Buddhism certainly did not reconcile. Moreover, the high status of Taoism also affects the rule of the Jade Emperor, and it is not impossible for the Taoist ancestor Taishang Laojun to replace the position of the Jade Emperor, so what should Rulai and the Jade Emperor do?

In fact, this is also the problem encountered by the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism is conducive to the rule of the ruler, of course, let them fight from time to time, otherwise, it will be easy to cause a monopoly.

Tang Emperor Li Shimin also saw that the author's signature of the stone monkey serialized in the Datang Daily was Li Mingda, which was the name of his beloved daughter Princess Jinyang.

He didn't expect that his daughter would publish a myth like the Stone Monkey in the Datang Daily, and he didn't know how her brain came up with these stories.

Speaking from his heart, Li Shimin still likes the story in the Stone Monkey Tale very much, and he also wants to know how the story will develop later.

Therefore, he sent someone to the Datang Daily office, found the editor-in-chief of the Datang Daily, and asked the other party to hand over the manuscript of the Stone Monkey Ji, and he wanted to have a sneak peek.

However, what disappointed him was that there were not many manuscripts in the Stone Monkey Chronicles, and only once every half a month would the manuscript be delivered.

The people's dispute over Buddhism and Taoism has been a long time, and the Stone Monkey Story has attracted the attention of all parties because the content involves Buddhism and Taoism.

The increase in sales has led to a sharp increase in the amount of advertising, and businessmen are very shrewd and will naturally not let go of such an opportunity.

Li Shimin didn't know the truth about his daughter Princess Jinyang writing this book, so he wrote a letter and sent someone to Kangding, asking his daughter Princess Jinyang, what is her position on the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, as well as the purpose of writing this book, and how is the follow-up plot of this book arranged?

Princess Jinyang was very happy to receive the letter sent to her by her father.

But after reading the content of the letter, Princess Jinyang was completely confused, what kind of dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, Princess Jinyang's heart, she had never thought about it.

The reason why I want to write this book of stone monkeys is just that I think the story told by Li Zhonghua is very interesting, and I want to record it, so that more people can know this story and share this story with everyone.

How could such a simple matter involve the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism! If she had known that there would be such a result, she would definitely not listen to Li Zhonghua, send it to Chang'an, and publish it in Datang Daily.

This story was told by Li Zhonghua to Princess Jinyang, and Princess Jinyang couldn't figure out what the connotation of this story was, but on the surface, it seemed to be advocating Buddhism.

But why does Princess Jinyang always feel that it doesn't seem to be so simple?

She ran to ask Li Zhonghua, and Li Zhonghua said to her: "Buddha is the Tao!" The Tao is the origin of everything. ”

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