After 237 days, good or bad, I finally finished writing the first book of my life, when every time I hit the keyboard, wandering in the silent night sky, my heart is also quiet, and my thoughts are clear. In countless quiet nights, I thought about it, I thought about it, I thought about it again; So three times, three times like this, when the passionate character jumps on the document, when the countless life stories are presented in front of the dry eyes, when the endless life feelings and feelings are recorded safely, the heart is completely calm.

The character of Wang Xuance has been thoroughly hammered down for five or six years from cognition to today. When I first found this character, I thought this was it, and there was really such a great character in history!? When curiosity drove me, when I carefully flipped through this official history, I really found that this historical figure was indeed real. Before the Opium War, the idea of the Celestial Empire and the Celestial Empire was also present in ancient times, and it could be appealed to the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, and even to more ancient times. Because of the prosperity of Chinese culture and the profundity of Chinese culture, Chinese culture has a tradition of looking down on exotic countries in its bones. In the genes of orthodox culture, these people, these things, are completely uncivilized, not only not worth mentioning, but also not worthy of special mention. Therefore, in the past, in the face of such a person's feat of sweeping a country with a sword, it was brushed aside. But this kind of brushstroke leaves us with endless space for reverie.

Many people say that recording such a person and writing such an event is an exaggerated concept and an act of disconnection from historical materials, after all, more than 1,500 years have passed, and there are only a few words in the history books, how can you know that these experiences are true? In fact, what I want to say is that the pursuit of history should be just like the purpose that Mr. Februaryhe has been pursuing: "big things are not confused, small things are clear, not all-encompassing, but reasonable". Only when the purpose is clear can history be truly flesh and blood and have a real meaning of existence. It is precisely because more than a thousand years have passed that the historical record is only a result, and we envision this outcome, under what circumstances it can be achieved, and it can be achieved. If you put it in a hundred years, two hundred years, three hundred years, or even longer, will such a feat be possible? The answer is no. Because people are changing, the environment is changing, policies are changing, and of course it affects the changes in the political situation, although everything is changing, but this result has happened after all, what we can do is to analyze the reasons for this result, and the process. What is behind this result is the process we need to write, and this is also the deepest expression of a person's curiosity about things......

Ancient India is a broad concept, and there are few great unifications like the land of China in history, and their unification period has only been four times, namely the Mauryan Empire, the Gupta Empire, the Ring Sun King Empire, and the Mughal Empire.

The Mauryan Dynasty (324-188 BC) during the period of the first basic unification was founded by Chandragupta. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and after less than a century and a half, in 187 BC, they were usurped by the minister Pushamidoro Sunga, and the Mauryan Empire officially ended. His territory was all of India except the southern tip of the Indian peninsula, and since then India has entered another period of disintegration. The second period of basic unification of ancient India was the Gupta Empire (320-500), a large empire founded by the Indians, which unfortunately only existed for more than 180 years before it collapsed again. During this period, the Chinese Eastern Jin Dynasty monk Fa Xian went to ancient India to seek the Dharma, and it has been described many times in the "Buddha's Chronicles", and its territory is equivalent to the Mauryan Empire, which is the golden age of medieval India. And the third unification is the period of the King of the Ring of the Sun described in this book, and this period is also the period when Master Xuanzang traveled to five India and studied. At the same time, it can be regarded as the last time that ancient India was unified by the Indians, and the territory area of the king of the ring was much smaller than the previous two unifications, but in the history of ancient India, it was also regarded as a major unification. Unfortunately, it was not a good time, and it only took more than 30 years to disappear because of the drowning of the King of the Ring of the Sun, and since then, ancient India has never been unified by the Indians. The fourth unification of ancient India was the Mughal Empire (1526-1857), which lasted for more than 200 years. It was Babur, a descendant of the Turkicized Mongol Timur, a feudal autocratic dynasty established in India. In 1858, Queen Victoria of Britain was awarded the title of Empress of India, establishing British India and ending the Mughal dynasty. During this period of unification, the territory of modern India was completely established, and at the height of the empire, the territory included almost the entire South Asian subcontinent and Afghanistan. Unfortunately, due to some historical reasons in modern times, ancient India was divided into three countries, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

In the vast history, ancient India was only in a period of unification for about 500 years, and it was too thin in the long history of 5,000 years. Although the consciousness of unity is weak, the history and culture of ancient India are very splendid, especially the Vedas, the religious foundation of ancient India, which can be compared with the classic works of the Chinese Analects and Tao Te Ching. In the third volume of this book, "The Treasure Returns to the Tang Dynasty", it is described in detail through the mouth of the five famous Indian Brahmanical monks, Kumariro. And this is also the foundation of the interdependence and harmonious coexistence of religion and caste in the five Indians.

When we talk about religion, we have to talk about Buddhism. The three major religions of the world: Buddhism, Christianity, and Christianity. Although Buddhism was completely driven out of the five Indian lands after the emergence of Brahmanical masters such as Kumarira and Shangara in the land of the five Indias. However, it was precisely because of this time that Buddhism was completely driven out in the process of spreading in the future, embracing the characteristics of various places, and gradually forming a world religion, and Buddhism spread south to Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar to form their own regional characteristics. China, North Korea, Japan, and South Korea have formed characteristics that are in line with local conditions. Brahmanism, on the other hand, took root in the Five Indias, forming a religion unique to a country, Hinduism......

Any kind of religion will teach people to be good, and only by being good can it conform to the characteristics of human nature and be passed on for a long time. And this is also the reason why in the third volume of "The Treasure Returns to the Tang Dynasty", through visiting the shrine again and again, the different monks that Wang Xuance and others met experienced different stories. Although in the long process, they have different understandings of many problems in Buddhism, but the purpose of adhering to it is, on the one hand, to let Buddhism pass on permanently, and on the other hand, it is the goodness of human nature. And this is also the fundamental reason why they can be called high monks as the master of the temple.

Looking at the current development of Buddhism in China, it can be said that in many cases, it has moved away from the true development of Buddhism. Everything has ups and downs, and there is no lasting eternity. The fundamental reason for the destruction of Buddhism by the Three Martial Arts and One Sect in history is also mentioned in the third volume, on the one hand, because Buddhism has threatened the stability of the regime, and on the other hand, because it does not know how to converge and only wants to develop and strengthen itself, and has taken a detour. There are two sides to everything, it is precisely because of the destruction of the Buddha by the three martial arts and one sect that Buddhism has learned from the pain, with the improvement of the previous times and the experience and lessons, but also let Buddhism integrate the ideas of Confucianism and Taoism, forming a strong Chinese regional characteristics. Even since the end of the Tang Dynasty, there has never been a large-scale extinction of Buddhism in the history of Chinese Buddhism. This is also one of the overall manifestations of Buddhism's later inclusive thinking. So much so that in the later Chinese multiculturalism, a peculiar scene of the coexistence of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism was formed. And this is also one of the manifestations of Chinese culture to excellent cultural relics.

In the third volume, one of the purposes of the different eminent monks that Wang Xuance experienced was to show the multiculturalism of Buddhism. If you read it carefully, you will find that the owner of each Buddhist temple has a different understanding of the Buddha statue. Some do not advocate reshaping the golden body of the Buddha statue, just a stone statue is enough, that is, simple, and elegant, after all, the Dharma is in the heart. Some advocate reshaping the golden body of the Buddha statue, and everything in the Buddhist temple is not only magnificent, but also endlessly luxurious; Their point of view is also very interesting, that the Dharma is priceless, and that this reshaping of the golden body is just to make oneself attached to the Buddha. Others advocate that what Buddha statues are not Buddha statues, Buddha statues do not need to exist, just like the nameless monks in the Bhasa forest, everything is empty, and the only eternal thing is wisdom, which is the Dharma; When you encounter a difficult problem, it is always wisdom and the Dharma that can help you, not a stone Buddha statue or a golden Buddha statue. We can't say whether these three ways are good or bad, we can only say that they are just one way to cultivate the mind. Everything depends on the heart and one's own wisdom. Only oneself, only wisdom is eternal, and this is one of the reasons why Buddhism emphasizes the root of wisdom......

Looking at today's Buddhism, after ten years of catastrophe, in the early days of reform and opening up, it has been much depressed; However, because the national policy emphasizes the blossoming of a hundred flowers and the contence of a hundred schools, religions with strong vitality have once again begun a new journey. Finally, the country became stronger, the people became richer, and Buddhism took advantage of this opportunity to grow and revivenation. With the revival of Buddhist temples and the construction of Buddha statues, the hard foundation for promoting Buddhism has been fully possessed, but how many monks can understand and know the connotation of Buddhism, profound Buddhist philosophy, and meticulous Buddhist classics. After going to a Buddhist temple, in addition to the entrance fee, it is nothing more than burning incense, kowtowing, and seeking some psychological comfort, although these psychological comforts can change a person's temporary aura and more or less affect the direction of some things. But what's the use of that? What do we gain in wisdom? What did you learn? How many monasteries are used as a carrier of monks to explain the Dharma, the principles of being a human being, and the fundamentals of goodness to the believers, as the great monks did in the past? Counting down, very little. In addition to kowtowing to the Buddha every day, burning incense, welcoming the Buddha's arrival, and sending away the Buddha's golden body, there seem to be few real activities in the temple that are close to the needs of the people. As explained in the third volume, The Return of the Treasure to the Tang Dynasty, the Buddha statue is only a vehicle for the existence of the Dharma, not the root. If you revolve around the Buddha statue every day, then Buddhism will inevitably decline again in a short time, because burning incense and kowtowing cannot forever bless a person with peace and security, and everything goes well; After all, there is a day when the heart is understood, and when this day is understood by many people, then how can Buddhism have followers, how can there be a foundation for existence? Without followers and foundations, then he is destined to perish again, and can only wait for Nirvana to be reborn again......

As for the three top treasures of Buddhism, the Buddha's tooth relics, the Buddha's finger relics, and the Buddha's parietal bone relics, which are the supreme sacred relics in the Buddhist world, why would it be assumed that Wang Xuance brought them back to the Tang Dynasty? In fact, the reason for this inference is not complicated.

Before the Tang Dynasty, there were few records of these three treasures in Chinese history books; These three sacred relics that have survived to the present day have only been recorded in detail since the middle of the Tang Dynasty. So these three holy relics, the time when they spread to the Tang Dynasty was basically fixed in the Zhenguan period and the Tang Gaozong period. And during this time period, the person who had the most contact with Buddhism and the Five Indias was Master Xuanzang. In Master Xuanzang's Tang Dynasty Western Regions Chronicles, three Buddhist treasures are clearly recorded. And according to the literature, he did not bring these three treasures back to the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, it can be concluded that when he returned to the Tang Dynasty, these three treasures were still safely enshrined in the Five Indias. Then in addition to Master Xuanzang, the official envoy is only Wang Xuance, and he is still the only one.

His first mission to the Five India was because of Master Xuanzang; The second mission to India was the result of cultural and trade exchanges between the two countries; The third envoy was because of the later generation of empress Wu Zetian, and the reason clearly recorded in the history books was to pay homage to the Buddha and offer robes. Although this is the case in name, it is very likely that Wang Xuance will secretly have a special historical mission, because not long after, these three treasures appeared in the temples of the Tang Dynasty.

It is precisely because of Wang Xuance's identity as the only official envoy, and because he made such an earth-shattering feat for the second time, it is possible that he brought back these three supreme treasures. In this process, although along the southern route of the Silk Road that has been opened, there are many monks who have sent envoys to five Indias, but they basically do not have the unique conditions of Wang Xuance. In the face of the growing prosperity of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty, it is very likely that the temple owners of the major monasteries will give these three treasures to Wang Xuance and bring them back to the Tang Dynasty. And this is the basis for the assumption of a different Buddhist story in the third volume......

So why did Wang Xuance become obscure after he returned to Tang for the third time? A big reason is precisely because of Master Xuanzang, Master Xuanzang has rarely come to Daxing Palace since Emperor Taizong Bintian, and the fundamental reason is because he has seen through the struggle for power and profit in the officialdom. In addition, the strong friendship between Master Wang Xuance and Master Xuanzang, as well as the reason for many exchanges, and at the same time, after the tempering of the third mission to India for four years, he also saw through everything, so he followed in the footsteps of Master Xuanzang, and wrote a book to say that "Zhongtianzhu Guoxingji" has been written since then. As a supplement to the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, this also provided a way for later generations to study the history of the five Indians. Unfortunately, because Chinese did not attach importance to foreign history, the book has gradually been lost hundreds of years after it was written, leaving a fragment of the book......

There is a poem in the predecessors that commented on him: The desert wolf peak is lonely, and the sky and the earth are roaring in the west. The Iron Rider trampled through the Elysium and whipped the exotic battlefield. The opening of the territory has its own dynasty, why not forget the hussars.

And I feel that his life should be like this:

The Turks borrowed horses, and Montenegro skillfully burned grain; Yongping Tuguhun is famous in the West.

re-sign Huangshui County to resolve a century-old grievance; Resourceful and robberic, the people are mostly good.

Adhering to His Majesty's will, he sent an envoy to the southwest; Wholeheartedly protect Datang and make contributions to the country.

Introduce Master Xuanzang, Buddhism from the East; The second envoy to the Southwest Domain, adhering to the idea of peace.

took the lead out of the Western Regions, and the turtle shocked the enemy; Re-enter the Tianzhu country, and the four countries will see each other sincerely.

After entering Zhongtianzhu, he met a greedy thief; Inexplicably looted, thanks to the Queen's kindness.

Facing difficulties into Tibet, waving his army to the southwest; In the spirit of justice, all nations will support together.

The Zema Ganga River, the famous legend of the Tang Dynasty; Bring back the traitors and thieves, and kneel in front of the Zhaoling.

Three envoys and five India, robes to worship the Buddha; First into the mud bharat, then into the mulberry and more.

In just ten years, the exotic land has changed its face; Uphold the idea of piety, and the friendship is re-revealed.

two into the city of Qunu, three to five India; Before and after the four springs and autumns, find the Buddha's treasure.

After a lot of hardships and dangers, he was brought back to Luoyang Palace and handed over to the people who knew the Buddha, and the Buddha was now in the Tang Dynasty.

See through the world and fade out of power; Work hard to write a travelogue and leave a name for yourself in history......

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