"Have you ever heard of Situ Living Buddha?"

"I haven't heard of it, but Situ knows that it is both a surname and an official name, and now Situ is referring to the ...... of the household department in the six departments" Before the word "book" was finished, Hua Hate Liu was directly interrupted by Yang Jian on the side: "Not ashamed?" If you don't know, just say it! ”

"Oh, I don't know." Hua Hate Liu shrugged her shoulders, wrapped the quilt that fell off her shoulder, and admitted honestly according to Yang Jian's words.

"Flutter-" It was clearly a serious matter, but Princess Yuqing couldn't help laughing out loud because of the conversation between the two, and when she found that the two of them looked at her with inexplicable expressions, she realized that she was rude, and immediately reined in her heart and said: "What Mr. Hua said is not completely unreasonable, at the beginning, the word 'Situ' in this Situ Living Buddha is indeed the name of the official position......

"Wait......" The flower hated Liu who was affirmed by Princess Yuqing, but he was not complacent, just because he noticed the strangeness of the second half of the sentence: "You mean, what kind of living Buddha is this, it turns out to be an official?" ”

"The first term was like this, and now Situ Living Buddha has reached the fourth term, and he no longer holds any official position." Princess Yuqing nodded.

"Oh, that's it!" Although Hua Hateliu is not too clear about the affairs of this dynasty, the previous dynasties have all been full of collusion and struggle between religion and the government, taking Buddhism as an example, there are both those who destroy the Buddha and those who revive the Buddha, and there are those in the royal family of various dynasties who are in favor of enslaving the people of the world with Buddhist teachings, and there are also those who ignore the people of the world and devote themselves to the Dharma to save themselves...... But without exception, after a period of reviving the Buddha and building the Buddha, there will be a period of anti-Buddha and destroying the Buddha, and after a period of anti-Buddha and destroying the Buddha, it can always usher in a period of revival of the Buddha and the creation of the Buddha like a dead tree.

Of course, it seems that Confucianism is an exception among them, and the rulers of the past have suppressed Buddhism, denigrated Taoism, bloodily purged other miscellaneous sects, and some of them have been raising military legalists, but in any case, the status of Confucianism has never been shaken, and it has been admired by ancient emperors and worshipped by hundreds of millions of scholars all over the world, and the decline time is much shorter than that of other religions, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the decline of Confucianism can also be compared with the grand occasion of other religions.

In the era in which Hua Hateliu lived, there was a special study of the long-lasting phenomenon of Confucianism, including the "theory of heaven's favor", "the theory of the sage evasion", etc., which is nothing more than attributing this phenomenon to "God" or "heaven", so as to elevate the status of Confucianism. Although there are many people who support this kind of statement, Hua Hateliu thinks that it is pure ignorance, and he himself does not believe it. On the contrary, he listened to Yang Jing, the emperor of the Xi Dynasty and the one who destroyed his entire clan and caused him to fall here, that most of the rulers of all dynasties and dynasties realized the truth of "scholars bring disaster to the country" and were still willing to support Confucianism for no more than two reasons: it is said to be "teaching", but it is just "learning"; Saying that scholars "bring disaster to the country" is just to harm the previous dynasty and other countries first, and then to harm themselves.

When he began to hear these remarks, Hua Haoliu, who was still called Liu Anle at the time, scolded Yang Jing, who was still an ordinary prince, but Yang Qing was not annoyed, but just waited for the scolding to finish and felt that he had nothing to do with himself and walked away. Later, Hua hated Liu thought about it again, but felt that Yang Jing's analysis was really reasonable-at least it was much more reasonable than the "providence" and "saint" theory.

The difference between "teaching" and "learning" is that one is to teach people what to do, and the other is what people want to learn, for example, Buddhism is Buddhism how you become a Buddha, and you are not a Buddha when you are taught, while Confucianism is to tell you what you need to learn as a Confucian, not to teach you how to become a "Confucian" - it doesn't seem to be a big difference? No, the difference is too big.

If a person uses the means of purifying sentient beings to make himself a Buddha by saving others, the utilitarian nature of this will be greater, whether it is cultivating gods or cultivating Buddhas, but if he is hooked with his own "benefit", then it will change the taste, if a person can hurt himself in order to save others, then he may also hurt others for the sake of others - in a country, if you want to become a Buddha, you can become a Buddha one by one, or you can be a country by one person, which way is faster at a glance, So what should be done in order to achieve the degree of one country and one country? Of course, it is only by relying on the imperial power to serve one's own ambition by swaying the will of the king, and the final result is either to harm a king, or to be disliked by the king, and once disliked by this person, it is tantamount to being "disliked" by the people of the world, can there be a good end?

Confucianism is different, if it is the same as facing a big hole on the road, the Buddha's approach is to fill it, then Confucianism's approach is to bypass it. The process of learning Confucianism is actually a process of Confucianism to enhance self-cultivation, at the beginning of Hua Hate Liu thought that this was too one-sided, but Confucianism paid attention to "self-cultivation, family, governance, and peace in the world", which clearly has the need to achieve the goal of the grand aspiration, and its utilitarianism is said to be no less than Buddhism. But soon, he fell into a self-contradiction: I want to cultivate myself, but when will the "self-cultivation" reach the point of "Qi Family"? Am I in charge? If so, then Confucianism pays attention to "humility", and admits that this is a manifestation of arrogance, and is embarrassed to say that he has cultivated enough? Is that someone else's final say? Not necessarily, the so-called "threesome must have my teacher", there are always people who are more knowledgeable than themselves, that is to say, they are always "unperfect", how can they take the step of "Qi family"? Not to mention "governing the country" and "leveling the world"!

Therefore, there were many officials in the court in all dynasties, but there were not many rebellions that were not welcomed - most of the time of Confucianism was spent against themselves and more seriously.

When it comes to "calamity to the country", in fact, it is easy to be relieved when you think about it: the so-called reincarnation of cause and effect, good and evil retribution, as a ruler, the fruit of building a country today must be the cause of the country's demise in the future; As a Confucian, if you do the trouble of today's country, you will also be able to bring about the goodness of governing the country in the future.

After Hua Hateliu pondered this point thoroughly, she found that the reason why Confucianism has been prosperous for a long time may be because of another reason: it never comes out and eats leftovers. "Never come out" means that its theories are the words and deeds of the sages and saints, and they are learned after the fact; "Eating leftovers" means that it never goes hungry, and when it sees the good things left over from other families, it uses them to satisfy its own hunger, and slowly turns it into its own nutrition - imagine, as an emperor, is it a Confucian who likes to be honest and obedient and keep by his side, telling you that "the sages did this, and you can become a sage by doing this", or does he like to shout and pull you forward, and keep saying "I am not happy if you are disobedient" and "You may become a Buddha by doing this"? The answer is obvious!

Therefore, when Hua Hateliu heard that Princess Yuqing said that Situ Living Buddha was still in an official position, her first reaction was "how could this be", and then she realized that the so-called "hidden danger" this time must be related to this living Buddha.

"Let's make some tea and let's hear the story together." Knowing this, Hua Hate Liu was ready to listen to Princess Yuqing talk about the history of grievances with the Xiyue royal family from the first Situ Living Buddha to the fourth Situ Living Buddha, and beckoned Yang Jian to make tea.

"No...... No, it's short. Princess Yuqing naturally understood the ridicule in Hua Hate Liu's words, and she didn't feel any unpleasant, she even had a moment of distraction, feeling that the Hua Hate Liu she saw seemed to be an interesting person all along!

"Oh, then bring me a cup of hot water!" Yang Jian is a little unaccustomed to the shameless performance of Hua Hate Liu, it is said that this person should be a Confucian in his bones, why is it less and less like a Confucian student? Isn't it because I was disgusted and scared by myself, and I made a change on purpose?

Although he thought so in his heart, he still poured him a cup of hot water according to his words, and carefully brought it to the palm of his outstretched hand.

"Speaking of which, this first Situ Living Buddha still worships you Shu people...... No, to be more precise, it is thanks to you Xizhou people. ”

"What do you mean? Do Xizhou people make gods? Hua Hate Liu Ming knew that this was not right at all, and still asked with a smile that Yang Jian couldn't help but want to smoke several times.

"No, it won't." Yang Jian said coldly, "A hundred years ago, maybe it would." ”

"Huh?" Hua hated Liu at first thought that Yang Jian was joking, but seeing that Yang Jian still looked cold, and his tone was solemn and not frivolous, he couldn't help but believe it.

"It's Huangfu...... It's a peerless sword saint, yes, I don't call him a peerless sword demon but a sword saint, because he is kind to our Golden Wheel Dynasty. As if to convince herself, Princess Yuqing muttered to herself.

"Huangfuer? Are you saying that the Golden Wheel Dynasty was established at that time, and the reason why the Golden Wheel Imperial Family had a chance was because the Imperial Family had exterminated the previous Imperial Family? Even if Hua Hate Liu didn't understand this when he heard "a hundred years ago", he understood it when he heard Princess Yuqing say that "Huangfu Er" was kind to the "Golden Wheel Dynasty" - no matter when, slaughtering nearly 10,000 royal families in the seven counties of Xiyue in two days, few people could do such a crazy thing.

In this way, it seems that the emperor's life is quite hard...... Hua hated Liu couldn't help but sneer.

"Then what is the relationship between this Situ Living Buddha and your Golden Wheel clan?" Flower hated Liu asked.

"In fact, strictly speaking, the first Situ Living Buddha is a member of our Jinlun clan......" As if she was about to say something embarrassing, Princess Yuqing's voice also lowered.

"A hundred years ago, the royal family was wiped out, and it was not only our Jinlun family that had the strength to seize the throne of the Great Unification, but now the Tietuo family, the Silver Bottle family, and the Tongluo family that was wiped out by the enemy a few years ago all have this strength, and in the end, our family successfully won the throne, in addition to strength, the most important thing is to get the hearts of the people."

"In other words, you have the support of Situ Buddha, so the followers of Situ Buddha have also become supportive of you?"

"To be exact, the Situ Living Buddha of that term was supported by our family." It's no wonder that Princess Yuqing felt embarrassed, this kind of approach was tantamount to fooling the people, and it was also a shame that the Jinlun clan at that time had this courage!

"You will not be afraid of ......"

"Don't be afraid, this is the secret of the royal family, and the disciples of the Living Buddha don't know it."

"Later, after you seized the throne, he was named Situ, so he began to be called 'Situ Living Buddha'? So in the future, the 'Situ' in this title became an honorary title, but the entire title also became synonymous with the orthodoxy of the Living Buddha? Seeing Princess Yuqing nodding again and again, Hua Hate Liu asked again: "What's the situation now?" ”

"Because I know that the first living Buddha of the relationship with the royal family has passed away, this relationship is only known to us on the one hand, at the beginning, the royal family was happy to see the development of Buddhism, and later although there was some conflict with the governing power, but also in the spirit of returning the mentality to endure it...... However, in recent years, Derge's ambitions have grown, not only to build temples across the country to recruit believers, but also to repeatedly launch believers to attack the local government. ”

"So you've decided not to give back?" In Hua Hateliu's ears, this is the problem that was bred by the Golden Wheel Dynasty when it only cared about its immediate interests, and there is nothing surprising about the development of the Dao today.

"Our kindness has been repaid......" Hearing Hua Hate Liu's unceremonious accusation, Princess Yuqing retorted excitedly.

"Okay, that's an account matter between you......" Hua Hate Liu said she had no intention of arguing with her, "so what do you want us to do?" ”

PS:

(1) The statement about Confucianism and Buddhism in the article is just a point of view made up by the pants in order to straighten out the article, and there is no meaning to look down on who looks down on who is high.

(2) About Situ Living Buddha (this must be taken seriously)

In the encyclopedia, "Situ Living Buddha" is found in the entry "Situ of Babang Temple", which has a detailed introduction, and the pants are only borrowed from its name here, not to quote it, and there is no slander in mind. And the explanation of "Situ Living Buddha" is not "official Situ + Buddhism honorific title Living Buddha", and the fourth Living Buddha is not called *Dege (*Dege's name comes from the hometown of the fourth Situ Living Buddha * Wangchuk and the first Situ Living Buddha "Dege", and the pants are too lazy to take another name), these things are not interested in Buddhism or understand, please pay attention to it.