Chapter 19: The Controversy of Buddhism and Taoism

Zhang Taiji and the others were arranged to go to the guest room of Kunyuan, where a good vegetarian meal had been prepared. Under the toss of the pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info everyone was hungry, and they didn't wait for the Taoist priest to be polite, Ling'er sat down and munched on it. Mrs. Han Yue'e naturally couldn't lose her courtesy, and hurriedly confessed to the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest was also interested, and said, "Use it slowly." He then exited the room, not disturbing their meal.

When everyone was almost full, Han Yue'e asked about what happened to Zhang Taiji just now. Zhang Taiji replied truthfully, saying that he just knelt there for a while, thought of some questions, and didn't feel anything strange happening! After listening to Zhang Taiji's answer, Han Yue'e said, "It's okay!" Then he asked what was going on with that article? Zhang Taiji said that he had read an article before, and the content was a story he told to his friends when he stayed at the foot of the mountain. Han Yue'e knows that her son has been assertive since he was a child, smart and thoughtful, and he is expected to not suffer a loss! I didn't ask much else, and began to plan tomorrow to meet my master. Speaking of which, the family has been busy with things over the years, and there are Ling'er and Zhang Taiji to take care of, so they have not come to see the master. Although there were frequent correspondence and incense offerings. But every time I recall the scene of learning art with a teacher when I was a teenager, I can't help but sigh: 'Time flies, time flies!' It's more than ten years in a blink of an eye!! ’

When everyone was drinking tea and resting, the Taoist priest brought people in to clean up the dishes and chopsticks. And whispered to Zhang Taiji: "Master, please." Zhang Taiji didn't answer, and turned to look at his mother Han Yue'e, Han Yue'e thought for a while and said: "Let's go to the guest room to rest first, you go with the Taoist, remember not to make a mistake!" Zhang Taiji nodded and agreed, and followed the Zhike Taoist priest to the apse, and heard from the mouth of the Zhike Taoist priest that the palace master of the Taiqing Palace, the common name is Li Zhiming, and the name is Yin Zhenzi, and he is the disciple and grandson of Wang Chongyang, the ancestor of the Quanzhen Dao. He is 70 years old this year, still walking lightly and strongly, and has hundreds of disciples in Laoshan. When passing through the Sanguan Palace, I saw that a 'winter-resistant' plant was planted in front of the palace, and Laoshan did not have 'winter-resistant' before. Legend has it that it was the sloppy Taoist priest Zhang Sanfeng who transplanted it to Laoshan from overseas. Before Zhang Taiji was reborn, he knew the legend about this 'winter-resistant', and at that time, this tree had lived for more than 600 years. It was also because of this tree that Zhang Taiji concluded that the sloppy Taoist priest was Zhang Sanfeng's.

After a while, Zhang Taiji came to the apse with the Taoist priest. There are two people standing in front of the palace gate, one is Li Zhiming, the master of the Taiqing Palace; The other person is the sloppy Taoist priest Zhang Sanfeng, at this time Zhang Sanfeng's robe is neat, his hair and beard have been trimmed, and he looks like a master of the world. The two were talking in a low voice, and when they saw Zhang Taiji coming, the two stopped talking and looked at him. Zhang Taiji saw the two of them waiting in front of the palace gate, and 'descending to greet each other' This is a big gift, and there is no need to do so as two people. Zhang Taiji trotted in front of the two of them very wisely, bowed to the ground, and then said: "The two immortals are on top, and the kid is polite." Zhang Sanfeng smiled and didn't speak, Li Zhiming stretched out his hand to help: "Little Taoist friends don't have to be polite, please come in." Come with me to the temple and talk about it. After saying that, he turned his head and walked into the temple.

Zhang Taiji followed into the hall, only to see that the furnishings in the hall are simple and simple, there are no other furnishings around except a few tables and chairs, there is a pair of "Lao Tzu riding a green ox" on the wall in the center of the pen is concise and concise, full of energy, at a glance it is from the hands of celebrities, the three people sit down in the guest host, the Taoist child serves tea, Zhang Taiji pretends to taste tea. I wondered what the two old Taoist priests could do if they called themselves. After a while, Zhang Sanfeng spoke first: "Xiaoyou, but you have thought about what you want Poor Dao to do?" Zhang Taiji smiled and said, "The kid wants the immortal chief to teach me some exercises that are easy to learn, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

"I don't know what kind of exercises Xiaoyou wants to learn, although the poor Tao has been learning the Tao for many years, but he is dull, and he doesn't know much." Zhang Sanfeng hurriedly humbled himself. I thought to myself, "This kid is weirdly tight, but I have to ask clearly, so as not to be teased by him again." He really wants to learn some kind of flying exercises from himself, and he can't teach him."

Zhang Taiji pretended to be innocent and said: "According to my qualifications, the immortal chief can teach some simple ones casually." Zhang Sanfeng pondered for a while before saying: "Xiaoyou's qualifications are unique in ten thousand, even if you are poor and afraid of what you have learned all your life, I am afraid that it will be difficult to meet Xiaoyou's requirements!" "Zhang Taiji knew that what Zhang Sanfeng said seemed to praise himself, but what it actually meant was 'He was careless for a moment to let Zhang Taiji win the bet!'" Zhang Taiji must be promised a request. It's just a gambling contract, listening to Zhang Taiji's request just now, do you want him to teach Zhang Taiji for the rest of his life? ’

Zhang Taiji immediately said seriously: "The Immortal Elder Exercise has entered the realm of transformation, and the kid knows that he can't learn it. As long as the immortal chief teaches the kid for three years, the kid should be grateful! Zhang Sanfeng nodded and agreed: "This is very good, then we will make a decision." After Zhang Taiji listened, he got up and was about to bow to Zhang Sanfeng, Zhang Sanfeng moved fast, and hurriedly pulled him and said: "You and I are an agreement, there is no need to be like this." Li Zhiming, who had been drinking tea on the side, said with a smile: "Junbao Daoyou, don't miss such a master!" Zhang Sanfeng shook his head and smiled, and said in his heart, "This kid is too slippery, I don't know what to mess with him if I accept him as an apprentice," but he said: "I think Xiaoyou is open-minded and ambitious, and he must not be able to stand the hardships of learning the Tao, so it's better not to be reluctant." Li Zhiming shook his head and said: "Poor Dao dare not agree, Xiaoyou is extremely talented, and he has been enlightened by Tianzun, he is a rare monk in a hundred years." He turned his head to Zhang Taiji and said, "Little friend, would you like to practice Taoism with me?" ”

Rao is Zhang Taiji's mind is quick, and he can't turn a corner at this time. 'What's going on?' One wants to apprentice by himself, but others don't accept it; One was completely unprepared, but he said that he was a prodigy of cultivation and wanted to accept himself to learn the Tao. Zhang Taiji was silent for a long time, and asked: "The immortal chief is a man among the immortals, and he wants to accept the kid as a disciple outside the law, and the kid is naturally flattered and honestly afraid." It's just that the kid can't understand that there are countless people with excellent qualifications in the world, and they are willing to worship under the immortal sect like a carp crossing the river. Why am I the only one who has received this award? ”

After listening to Zhang Taiji's words, Li Zhiming stood up and walked a few steps back and forth in the hall, sighed and said: "Xiaoyou may not know that whether it is Buddha or Tao, although it is all about cultivating the mind, purifying the heart and having few desires, eating fasting and visiting the Tao. Get away from the troubles of the world. But as long as you can't reach the realm of feathering and ascending to immortals and ascending in the daytime, you will have to eat the fireworks of the world, how can you completely get rid of the red dust......."

Speaking of the controversy between Buddhism and Taoism, since Buddhism was introduced to China from Tianzhu, Taoism has clashed with the import of Buddhism into China because of the increasing number of believers. The dispute between Buddhism and Taoism lasted through the Han, Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties until the Sui and Tang dynasties .......

Since Li Zhiming's patriarch Wang Chongyang founded the Quanzhen Sect, the incense has flourished, there are many believers, and there are many talents. Changchun Zhenrenqiu was given the power to control the world's sects by the imperial court, and the power of Taoism was unprecedentedly strong. This situation naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the Buddhist disciples. During the reign of Yuan Xianzong, an unprecedented and tragic debate broke out between Buddhism and Taoism. Taoism was defeated in the debate!! After the defeat, he could only be punished as promised, and Kublai Khan sent his envoy Tuhuan to take 17 people including Taoist Fan Zhiying to Longguang Temple to cut their hair and become monks, and burned 45 Taoist "apocryphal scriptures". The world's Buddhist temples are occupied by Taoism in 237 areas, all of which are owned by Buddhism. Since then, Buddhism has always had an overwhelming advantage over Taoism!!

Taoism summarizes the reasons for its failure, and one of the important ones is that Taoism is not talented. At that time, the previous head Li Zhichang had just passed away, and the new head Zhang Zhijing Zhenren, Mr. Manzi Wang, Daolu Fan Zhiying, General Judge Wei Zhiyang, lecturer Zhou Zhili and others were also elites for a while. However, the 23-year-old leader of the Sakya sect, Ba Sipa, and the second living Buddha Karma Baxi, the head of the White Sect, were even more rare geniuses in a hundred years, even compared with the Quanzhen Dao patriarch Wang Chongyang and Changchun Zhenrenqiu. (Phags-pa was intelligent and studious from an early age, and at the age of eight he was able to preach the scriptures to people; Karma Pakh learned to read and write at the age of six, and by the age of nine to ten, he read all the Buddhist scriptures and understood their meaning. It was precisely because of the brilliance of the Phags-pa that he pressed step by step in the debate, and the Taoist side gradually fell into disarray, and finally suffered a fiasco. Therefore, for so many years, Taoism has also searched all over the world, recruiting young people to join Taoism, hoping that one or two unborn geniuses can appear to lead Taoism to restore its former prosperity.

Zhang Taiji is the genius boy that Li Zhiming desires. Whether it is a one-year-old who can speak, a four-year-old poem, the legendary 'Maitreya Buddha possessed the advent of the body' and the extraordinary wit shown in front of Tianzun today, the export is a chapter! all show that Zhang Taiji is a genius who is not born. This kind of talent is worthy of Li Zhiming, the palace master of the Taiqing Palace, who was demoted to greet him and took the initiative to ask to be accepted as a disciple. Otherwise, it will be preempted by Buddhism, and it will be a big blow to Taoism!!

Will Zhang Taiji agree? He was also thinking seriously at this time...........

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