Buddhism was introduced from India through the Western Regions at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the Xinmang period and the early Eastern Han Dynasty.

According to records, in the first year of Emperor Yuanshou of the Han Dynasty (2 BC), Jing Lu, a disciple of the doctor, sent an envoy to the Dayue clan, and his king envoy ordained the "Futu Sutra".

In the tenth year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (67 AD), Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty dreamed of the golden people, so he sent people to the Western Regions, ushered in the two high monks of Jiaye Moteng and Zhu Falan, and brought many Buddha statues and Buddhist scriptures, and returned to the capital Luoyang with a white horse camel, and the emperor ordered people to build houses for them to live in, and translated the "Forty-two Chapters of the Sutra", which is now the White Horse Temple.

Therefore, in the history of Chinese Buddhism, the tenth year of Emperor Yongping of the Ming Dynasty of the Han Dynasty was the year when Buddhism was introduced, and the White Horse Temple became the first Buddhist temple in China, and the "Forty-two Chapters Sutra" also became the first Chinese translation of Buddhist scriptures in China.

Buddhism was introduced to China relatively early, but due to the prosperity of Confucianism at that time, the development of Buddhism was very limited, and it was not until after the Wuhu Rebellion that Buddhism began to flourish.

During the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Pi and Sun Quan both believed in Buddhism, and even built Buddhist temples, which is also the consistent practice of Buddhism, that is, to develop the monarch into a Buddhist believer, so the development of Buddhism does not have to worry.

During the Western Jin Dynasty, official and folk Buddhist beliefs gradually became widespread. According to legend, there were a total of 180 monasteries in the eastern and western capitals (Luoyang and Chang'an) in the Western Jin Dynasty, with more than 3,700 monks and nuns.

There are also a lot of Buddhas in the court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Emperor Jin Yuan, Emperor Ming of Jin Dynasty salute Shamen with guests and friends, Emperor Jin Yuan and 'build tile officials, two temples of Longgong, Du Danyang, Jianye thousand monks', Emperor Ming also 'build Huangxing, two temples of the dojo, set righteousness, name a hundred monks', so Jiankang Buddhism, flourished for a while.

After the Five Hu Rebellion period, Buddhism flourished, because these foreign foreign rulers who invaded the Central Plains basically believed in Buddhism, and then built Buddhist temples, translated and spread Buddhist scriptures or something, it became more common, Buddhism can be said to take advantage of this period to embark on a brilliant time.

At the beginning of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, that is, during the Southern Dynasties, Buddhism flourished.

Later, the Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu also wrote a poem when he went to Yangzhou, saying that 'four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasty, how many buildings are in the smoke and rain', although in Du Mu's era, Buddhism has experienced glory and dilapidation, and many temples are broken, but this number can be seen that there are hundreds of temples in Yangzhou, which shows how prosperous Buddhism was in those years.

In the late Northern and Southern Dynasties, when the Northern Dynasties began, some monarchs began to see the harm of Buddhism, so they proposed to destroy the Buddha, the most famous is the Northern Wei Dynasty Taiwu Emperor to destroy the Buddha, the Northern Zhou Emperor Wu Emperor to destroy the Buddha, all because they saw that Buddhism does not produce, does not participate in forced labor, does not pay grain taxes, but also encourages the country's young and strong laborers to go to the mountains to believe in Buddhism and become monks, which greatly endangers the development of the country, so they moved the killing machine to carry out the action of exterminating Buddha.

These two exterminators of the Buddha, together with the later Tang Wuzong extermination of the Buddha in the late Tang Dynasty, are known as the 'Three Martial Powers to Exterminate the Buddha' in history.

Until the two emperors of the former Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian and Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty, both believed in Buddhism and adopted policy support for Buddhism.

Until the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan actually believed in Buddhism, and gave his eldest son Li Jiancheng the nickname Bishamen, but because of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, in order to give the Li family the orthodoxy of the Han family, Taoism became the state religion of the Tang Dynasty.

Now Datang is going to do it with Buddhism because of practical needs, so Li Er, a filial son, has to find his father to persuade him with good words, fortunately, Lao Li Yuan is not a devout Buddhist, and even old and refined, and he is very unaccustomed to Buddhism blocking the way of Datang, he didn't say it, but he actually supported Bai Fan's move in his heart, so he didn't call Li Jiancheng, the boss of the Li family, for fear that he would do something.

As for what kind of character is the Taishi Ling Fu Yi of Bai Fan's general, many people may not have heard of it, the position of Taishi Ling, in fact, is Sima Qian's position back then, responsible for recording and compiling history books, in the Tang Dynasty, Taishi Ling and the volcano order in charge of the astronomical calendar both belong to the Taishi Bureau, until later during the Tang Gaozong period, the astronomical calendar was renamed Hun Tianjian.

And Fu Yi, who is now the Taishi Ling of the Tang Dynasty, is seventy-six years old, this may not be famous in history, but he is very famous in the history of religion, especially in the history of Buddhism, Fu Yi is a famous anti-Buddhist fighter in the early Tang Dynasty.

He was based on a materialist view of nature and Confucian ethics and morality, and resolutely opposed Buddhism. Accusing Buddhism of not emphasizing the righteousness of the father and son of the monarch and the minister, being disloyal to the monarch and being unfilial to the father; Wandering around and eating, not engaged in production; It is easy to shave the hair and avoid servitude; exploiting the people and cutting off the country's reserves; Talking about demons and evil laws, intimidating fools, and defrauding money.

In the seventh year of Wude, he wrote a book "Please Remove the Interpretation of Buddhism" to Li Yuan, advocating the prohibition of Buddhism, although it attracted Li Yuan's attention, but there were too many Buddhist believers in the court, and there were few people who supported Fu Yi, and finally it was gone.

The Tang Dynasty has such a capable person, as soon as the emperor mentions dealing with Buddhism, Bai Fan's first thought is this old man, because he can be said to be a fighter who has fought against Buddhism all his life, he has been clever and fickle since he was a child, and when it comes to arguing with monks, Bai Fan believes that even his proud disciple Du Wei is not as good as this old man.

"Hahahaha, okay, I didn't expect Jian Zhi to know Fu Yi too, it seems that you have thought about Buddhism in the past, Fu Yi is indeed a good helper, and he has a set of things to deal with Buddhism than Lao Cheng." Li Yuan stroked his palms and laughed.

Li Er nodded and said, "In this way, I will transfer Shubao's Zuo Wuwei to you, and Yuanba will also come back, let him help you too." Who are you going to take in this first battle?

One of the two of them donated the land to the Tanzhe Temple in Hebei, and the other donated the land to the Shaolin Temple in Songshan, both of which are relatively famous in the Buddhist temple, so it is very difficult to deal with, you have to be careful. ”

"It's okay, there is no difference between big fish and small fish in my eyes, I Bai Fan makes a move, naturally I have to deal with the enemy's elite, all rookies are not challenging at all, so boring.

As for the first battle, you don't have to go far and far, just come and kill all the way, first start with the most famous Wuxian Temple in Chang'an, the capital, which can be regarded as a royal temple. ”

Wuxian Temple is a Buddhist temple built by Emperor Wen of Sui on the site of the Jingjue Temple of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which is next to Qujiang Pond and has a very high status in Chang'an Buddhist Temple.

History is Zhenguan 22 years, Li Zhi in order to thank his mother for the kindness of the eldest grandson queen, built a large temple on the original site of Wuxian Temple to pray for its blessings, named the Temple of Mercy and Grace, also called the Temple of Great Mercy and Grace.

Until Tang Xuanzang came back from taking the scriptures, Xuanzang built a big wild goose pagoda in the Great Ci'en Temple, which was used to house the Buddhist scriptures and Buddha statues and relics brought back, and the Daci'en Temple has become an unshakable holy place for Buddhism.

Of course, this is the later words recorded in the history books, this life has the variable of Bai Fan, not only the eldest grandson queen seems to be exempted from death, but even the development of Buddhism may not be so smooth, this Buddhist holy land has not yet entered the embryonic period, and it is about to usher in a storm.

Today's second chapter, thank you for your support.

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