Wang Xuance watched this scene, and hurriedly told Chen Maocai to take everyone to prevent extraneous branches. As soon as the words fell, he hurriedly walked over, and after some inquiry, he understood what Zhou Zeng meant. In proficient Sanskrit, he not only smiled, but also said to the young man very kindly: "He gave you an extra five coins of silver for your two and a half cents; He means you don't have to look for it, you can send it to you."

At this time, when he saw this young man, he looked Wang Xuance up and down, and felt that he was much kinder than Zhou Zeng, so he said helplessly: "It should be mine, it is mine, it is not mine, I can't ask for more at all; Receiving a reward for not working hard is punished by the Buddha! ”

In a word, Wang Xuance and Zhou Zeng immediately understood. So Wang Xuance took out the Qingyu Sword he was carrying, and tossed it on this piece of loose silver of three coins for a long time, before accurately weighing two coins and five pieces of silver and giving it to the middle-aged man. After the man took it, he was not only quite satisfied, but also smiled from ear to ear, thanked them again and again, and sold all his goods.

And after experiencing this, not only Zhou Zeng, but also everyone, all grew wise. bought some walnuts and bought things that they didn't look like they should have; But this is the custom, and this is the customs of a country. This also shows that the people here are not only honest and honest people, but also will not have the slightest fraud!

The group passed through the country of Kola near the green ridge, and then passed through the country of Si Lu Jian; And they crossed the river and came to the vicinity of the city of the little king of the kingdom of the bondage. After some days of rest, I went to this extremely cold climate of Jiezhi country, and crossed this snow-capped mountain to this wild and mountainous country of Brahmana. After some more rest, they passed through the kingdom of Kabi, where the people were quite strong, and passed through their royal city, and followed the steps of the five Indian merchants along the valleys, and crossed the Black Ridge, and then came to the territory of North India...... This is how their time has come......

Spring comes to the summer solstice, summer goes to autumn, and now this Wang Xuance has been gone for nearly three months. In these days, Li Shimin has received a message from various countries in the Western Regions, all of which are the above table once again expressing his sincere attachment, so he is also very happy.

In the face of such a peaceful and prosperous world, Li Shimin was also quite bored in Daxing Palace, and today he was idle again, and Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, had just finished reporting the matter. So, Li Shimin asked him to accompany him out of the palace to have a look......

Chang'an City is still so prosperous, Suzaku Street is still so bustling, envoys from various countries keep coming and going, accompanied by the shouts of the vendors, the two people who changed into regular clothes, inadvertently walked to the side of this Hongfu Temple. happened to be thirsty, so as soon as the two discussed, they were ready to go to see this Master Xuanzang, and ask for another cup of tea to eat by the way......

Master Xuanzang, who was quite busy in the Translation Academy, saw Li Shimin and Li Daozong coming, hurriedly put down the work in his hand and greeted him. After some greetings, Li Shimin casually flipped through the translated scriptures, and saw that one of them talked about this Brahmanism and the untouchables of India. It's just because Wang Xuance mentioned to him before that the fate of this untouchable person is quite tragic, and he can be slaughtered and frolicked at will; So it aroused Li Shimin's interest again. I saw that he was quite curious to ask about Xuanzang's relationship between Buddhism and Brahmanism, as well as the question of the four castes in India......

Master Xuanzang politely asked Li Shimin and his ministers to sit down on the stone bench under the jujube tree with the crooked neck, and then personally poured tea and waited. After a tour of the tea, it will be eloquent, so there is a general overview as follows:

"These five Indian religions are intricately intertwined. To this day, there are still various sects mixed, not as good as our Tang Dynasty, only the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Speaking of Brahmanism, it predates the history of Buddhism, and the Buddha Shakyamuni was born into a royal family that believed in Brahmanism.

This Brahmanism originated from Vedic religion more than 2,000 years ago, and was named after the worship of Brahmin and the presence of a Brahmin caste as a priest. And there is also this rather strict hierarchy, and in order to make it easier to manage, this person is divided into five categories, in addition to the four castes, there is also the untouchable class.

And these four castes are: Brahmins, who hold the power of religious priesthood; Kshatriyas: for nobles and warriors; Vaishya: for merchants; Shudra: For the peasants. In addition to these four castes, they are the untouchables who do not belong to these four castes; His life can be trampled at will, this is also the scene of Wang Changshi's first envoy to Tianzhu, when he encountered Alonashun chasing and killing the untouchables for entertainment! ”

Hearing this place, although Li Shimin and Li Daozong felt very cruel, they also understood the customs of this other country......

Seeing that they also understood a general idea, Master Xuanzang said: "Between life and heaven and earth, whether it is an individual or a group, whether it is a country or a religion, it will never be inseparable from money and wealth.

In the five India more than 1,000 years ago, with the development of the times, the abundance of products and the prosperity of trade, the great progress of people's thinking was promoted. At that time, our eastern soil was in the Spring and Autumn Period when hundreds of schools of thought and flowers were blooming, and there were many theories, such as Lao Tzu, Confucius, Zhuangzi and so on.

In the Five Indias, with the increase of Kshatriya's wealth, the Kshatriya class naturally rose in this way, and the authoritative position of the Brahmins, who relied on the divine right to control the Five Indias, was naturally weakened because of the decrease in the economic base and the control of the economic resources by the Kshatriyas.

At this time, the Buddha, who lived in a material condition quite well, the Kshatriya royal family, came to the world in this way. Ever since he grew up, he has always felt that this Brahmanical theory of the cycle of cause and effect is quite inconsistent with the idea of pursuing human beings. Therefore, he opened the sect and established a line of Buddhism...... Since then, Buddhism has opened a ray of light in the dark sky of the five Indians at that time. ”

"I see, it seems that Buddhism and Brahmanism are also in the same vein," Li Shimin said to them thoughtfully.

"If it is understood on a large scale, it can be understood as His Majesty, but when it is explained in terms of fundamental doctrine, it is far from the same!" Master Xuanzang explained it again.

"What do you mean by that?" Li Shimin asked differently......

Master Xuanzang saw that the tea cup in front of the two of them was empty, and then poured the tea soup himself. looked at Li Shimin, who was surprised, and Li Daozong, who was puzzled, so he smiled slightly, and then explained to them in detail......

How should Master Xuanzang explain the doubts of Li Shimin and his ministers, please see the next time......

Trivia: Tocharian is both a national name and a place name, the Tang Dynasty of China used to call it Great Xia, and since the Tang Dynasty, it has been called Tocharo.

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