Tang Seng told Li Shimin about the bizarre journey of learning scriptures in the palace, and he heard that Li Shimin forgot to sleep and eat, and he was more energetic than those who chased dramas.

If Tang Seng's Buddhism is also so interesting, it is estimated that it will not be crowded. Tang Seng's school of consciousness is unfathomable, high and low, boring, and cannot attract believers at all. Although he said it very reasonably, but the masses don't like it, the masses like to have an epiphany, usually eat and play, and do not delay, but one day they will become a Buddha with an epiphany.

The most important thing for a master who conveys knowledge is to be able to tell stories, and isn't it because they are good at telling stories and making analogies? can't tell stories, only boring reasoning, and can't be circulated at all. Even the most popular in Western religion is also the wit, what a smile, a stubborn nod, a finger to the moon, the wind moves the banner this kind of interesting little story.

Even in Wang Yangming's time, there was a story of watching flowers in the mountains. As for the Qing Dynasty, even Yan Yuan, an educator and thinker who proposed the all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor, was not known because there were no small stories.

The scholars of the Qing Dynasty criticized the ideological circles of the Song and Ming dynasties, because the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and the scholars' desire to save heaven and destroy people was shaken. Yan Yuan had to answer this question at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, that is, is the scholar still good?

Okay, why? No, why?

In short, he opposed metaphysics, ancient precepts and other scholarly learning attitudes, but supported the all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor learning methods, and in the end he opposed not the scholars, but opposed the scholars from the Song to the Ming Dynasty to establish the idea of development, and believed that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the scholar class was not only not pragmatic but also very angry, so it led to the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

In fact, if you really want to reflect on the demise of the Ming Dynasty, the scholar class should be overthrown, after all, the scholar class is the main holder of wealth.

So Yan Yuan's statement is that the scholar doctor, okay; Scholars think, no. Therefore, it is necessary to promote the idea of a new type of scholar and doctor with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor, so as to continue to maintain the development of the country. In the end, the Great Liquidation accepted this argument and reached an agreement with the original scholar class, so that the scholars could continue in the Qing Dynasty.

After arriving, the scholars of the Qing Dynasty began to frantically criticize the 'preservation of heavenly principles and the destruction of people's desires', on the one hand, because the scholars have long replaced the nobles, on the other hand, criticizing the Song and Ming Dynasty ideas is also the conversion fanaticism, not criticizing the Song and Ming thoughts, how to let the Qing Dynasty know that the scholars are now dead set on following the Qing Dynasty, instead of missing the Ming Dynasty?

In short, these things show that if a good thinker wants to be known, it is best to be good at telling stories, otherwise no matter how powerful he is, he will be unknown and not known.

Tang Seng is very knowledgeable, but he can't educate and entertain. It can also be seen from his behavior during his journey to the west that Buddhism is a sacred thing in his heart, and it should be taken seriously. He wouldn't do that.

So in the end, the Wisdom Sect was finally reduced to a minority, and Tang Seng was also defeated by the illiterate Hui Neng who appeared later. Master Huineng has an advantage, that is, he is illiterate, and he completely deconstructs the Buddhist scriptures according to his own understanding, which are two completely different styles from Tang Seng according to the script.

There are still many illiterate people in this era of the Tang Dynasty, and even learned people are not necessarily willing to spend time on learning this kind of twists and turns in the Wisdom Sect, and there are a large number of Western teaching professional terms, which is as difficult to learn as high mathematics, who is willing.

Tang Seng didn't know that his Wisdom Sect would lose at the hands of an illiterate person in the future, at this time he was full of spirit, and felt that he could glorify Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty, so that the people of the Tang Dynasty could get rid of the sea of suffering through learning and ascend to bliss as soon as possible. He was confident that as long as he translated the Buddhist scriptures from the West, he would be able to get everyone to come and learn. He really overlooked the Datang people's love for learning, Datang people love bathing and watching plays, and learning can't be ranked before taking a bath.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, there have been special bathing holidays and bathing.

Continuing to the Tang Dynasty, there is still this holiday, it is better to take a bath if you have time, there is no need to learn such a complicated Buddhism.

When Tang Seng was recalling the scriptures, his three apprentices were eating and drinking at Yun Yao's house, and they were also talking about Journey to the West, of course, in their opinion, Journey to the West was a trouble, Tang Seng was completely increasing the burden of workload, and sometimes it was easy to solve things, which were very complicated by Tang Seng.

Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, you can't orchestrate him behind Master's back. ”

"Knowing and knowing, just talking." Sun Wukong will not arrange Tang Seng, because what he said is all the truth, and he does not add oil and vinegar.

"You're done, and I still have a lot of trouble to deal with." Yun Yao also poured bitter water and said: "In the Second Mortal World, I, the sect leader of the sect, was regarded as the leader of the Demon Sect, and I didn't dare to publicize it at all. As a princess, I still have to earn money for Tang, and there is a group of officials in the court who oppose me, and I have to fight with them. ”

"I only saw the rainbow after experiencing the wind and rain, and you are also experiencing ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties now, and you will definitely be fine in the future. If you need any help, you're welcome. Sun Wukong comforted Yun Yao.

Zhu Bajie also said: "Girl Baihua, don't sigh, if you want me to say that you don't work too hard, it doesn't matter if you make money or not, the most important thing is to be happy." ”

"I'm just complaining, it's not that things are difficult to do, it's that they don't know good people's hearts, and they turn a blind eye to my sincerity." Yun Yao is not embarrassed because things are complicated, but because they are obviously short-sighted, and they are in the twilight, but they can't blame them.

Sun Wukong also understands, didn't he and Tang Seng do the same at the beginning? "Mortals are like this, just don't worry about them, it's nothing to be wronged."

Yun Yao thinks the same way, but nagging in front of her friends and getting the support of her friends can change her mood.

"I was also wronged in Gao Laozhuang back then, they didn't discriminate against me for being ugly, and my old pig didn't have the same knowledge as them. Mortals don't know the foresight of our monks, they only think about themselves. They also said that I was ugly, and I made so much money for them over the years, why didn't I say that the money was ugly? So if we deal with them, we lose. Zhu Bajie said that he didn't care about Gao Laozhuang anymore, and now he is the messenger of the Pure Altar and will not marry mortals again.

The three of them ate and drank, and stayed in the Horse Mansion. Tang Seng went to translate the scriptures, they couldn't help, they had to wait for Tang Seng to finish his work now before they could return to the West Heaven, and they would have to wait for a long time. In order to support Tang Seng's translation work, Li Shimin planned to build a big wild goose pagoda to show his respect, and by the way, he also wanted to accumulate a little merit.

However, building a pagoda does not accumulate merit, as has been explained a long time ago. "Our master is kind-hearted and can't bear to break the emperor." Sha Wujing said: "There is no merit in doing good deeds in order to accumulate merit, at most it is to accumulate some good fortune. ”

Merit is equivalent to money, and good fortune is equivalent to points. Currency can be exchanged for conveniences immediately, but points can be exchanged for a long time to accumulate, and they may not be able to be exchanged for the goods you need.

Yun Yao is also against the spectacle, unless Li Shimin comes out of her private money, then she will not object. In the end, Li Shimin gritted his teeth, took out a sum of money from the inner house, and built a big wild goose pagoda, which was specially used for Tang Seng as a translator.