"Then why did Hongren choose Huineng as his successor instead of Shenxiu?" I asked puzzled.

Zhang Cambodia analyzed: "Shenxiu followed him as a teacher in the early stage of Hongren, and learned the "Ranga Sutra", which was very fruitful, and for this reason, Hongren once wanted to pass on the mantle to him. However, the important Buddhist scriptures on which Hongren relied to transmit the Dharma in his later period changed from the Ranga Sutra to the Diamond Sutra, so the conditions for the successor he was looking for had changed. When Huineng was not worshipping under the Hongren sect, he had already comprehended the "Diamond Sutra", and now he has said the "Diamond Sutra" for Hongren alone, and has become a suitable person to inherit the "Diamond Sutra". Therefore, it is only natural that Hongren chose Huineng instead of Shenxiu as his heir. ”

After Zhang Cambodia's analysis, he turned to the topic of "illiteracy":

Indeed, many people in the government and the opposition today say that the sixth ancestor Huineng is illiterate, because he heard someone say the "Diamond Sutra" and had some understanding, so he embarked on the road of Buddhism, and even became a palace-level figure. However, just imagine, is it really possible for an illiterate person to understand the Diamond Sutra and even have profound achievements?

Some time ago, Lao Yu accompanied a friend to Huineng's hometown of Xia Lu Village for inspection, and thought that Huineng could not be illiterate. According to the locals, Huineng's ancestors were from a famous family in Zhuo County, Hebei Province, and by the time Huineng's father arrived, although it had declined, he was relegated to Xinzhou. But such families have a certain tradition of industry and family education. Therefore, through the analysis of the social environment, family environment and law-seeking experience in which the Sixth Ancestor Huineng grew up, the old man believes that it is impossible for the Sixth Ancestor Huineng to not know a single big character.

"This vivid example cited by the donor has added more powerful evidence to the statement that 'it is impossible for the six ancestors Huineng to not know a single word'." After some compliments, he said: "Speaking of the "Diamond Sutra", Lao Na has a question, the Central Plains in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Tang Dynasty, set off a climax of translating Buddhist works, why in terms of translating the "Diamond Sutra", the translation of the Later Qin Kumarosh is the most widely circulated? Please also ask the donor to give a lecture. ”

Zhang Cambodia: "There are six translations of the Diamond Sutra in the Central Plains, and four of them are translated by Westerners, one of whom is the Indian Kumarosh. Two translations were made by Chinese, one of whom was Tang Xuanzang. And Kumarosh's father, Kumaroyan, was the son of the Indian Xiangmen, and he married Shipo, the sister of King Kuzi, and gave birth to Kumarosh. Kumarosh was proficient in the Sutras, Vinayas, and Treatises, and was known as the "Master of the Three Tibets" and was known far and wide. In order to get him, Fu Jian of the former Qin sent the general Lü Guang to lead his troops to attack Qiuzi and get Kumarosh. Later, Fu Jian was defeated in the Battle of Weishui, and Lü Guang established Houliang in Liangzhou and took Kumarosh as his own. This is not over, Hou Qin sent troops to attack Houliang twice, captured Kumarosh, welcomed to Chang'an, and was regarded as a national teacher. Kumarosh was familiar with both Sanskrit and Chinese, and his translation of the Diamond Sutra was not a literal translation of the Diamond Sutra sentence by sentence, but a paraphrase, and the Sanskrit was accurately translated in the most appropriate Chinese, which was both gorgeous and vivid, simple and smooth, and was regarded as a model. Therefore, even the translation of the talented Tang Xuanzang is not as influential and widely circulated as Kumarosh's translation. ”

Definitely: "What is the place of the Diamond Sutra in Buddhism?" ”

Zhang Cambodia: "The traditional culture of the Central Plains should include Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, and Buddhism is one of the important components. However, the system of Buddhism is so vast that it is difficult for an exhausted person to recite it all in his life. Shakyamuni himself should have been aware of this problem, so he specially lectured on the Diamond Sutra. The Diamond Sutra is known as the 'Mother of Buddhist Sutras', and if you learn it well, you will grasp the fundamental content of Buddhism. ”