Long live the king, long live, long live! ”

In the midst of all the attention, in the eyes of everyone, in the midst of the mountains and tsunamis, and among the masses kneeling, Ran Min boarded the square platform that had been erected, boarded the dragon chair, and sat down peacefully.

Everyone has already arrived.

"Let's get started."

With the sound of the "bell", this festival about the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism officially began.

Although the dispute between Taoism and Buddhism is a religious conflict, the rise and fall of the two are inseparable from the emperor's love and hatred, and the result is that the powerful one is easier to win, and the loser will suffer the doom of destruction.

The dispute between Taoism and Buddhism was first seen in the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the Taoist priests discussed the difficulties; During the Three Kingdoms era, Cao Zhi made a 'dialectical theory' to criticize the deceit of the gods.

During the Western Jin Dynasty, there was also a dispute between Bo Yuan and Taoist priest Wang Fu, Wang Fu was the 'Lao Tzu Hua Hu Jing', which was an important material for the controversy of later generations; however, the controversy became fierce after the Northern and Southern Dynasties, when Kou Qianzhi of the Taiwu Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty opened up a new teacher's Taoism, and made it a state religion, and established the religious order of Taoism.

Buddha Tucheng held his identity, so he stretched out his hand and said, "You please first." ”

"In that case, then we might as well be respectful." Xu Mi and Ge Hong glanced at each other, and then stood up from the futon first.

Xu Mi said: "Poor Dao believes that Lao Jun sees the shape of Middle Earth and teaches the West. The Tao is born of the Buddha, the Tao is the Buddha, the Buddha is the trace, the Buddha of the Tao. ”

"Good!"

"Color! ～”

Those who supported Taoism at the venue applauded and cheered, waving flags and shouting on one side, giving Xu Mi a strong momentum.

Buddha Tucheng replied lightly: "For this, the poor monk does not deny it. However, when Lao Tzu took the green ox west out of the Han Valley, he never returned, whether he was born a Buddha and turned Hu into a Buddha is another matter. What the poor monk knows and can confirm is that my Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, the prince of the Kapila Kingdom (in present-day Nepal). ”

"Good!"

"Color! ~"The supporters of Buddhism also applauded, and the two sides were evenly matched, but in the Central Plains, there were still more believers in Buddhism.

Xu Mi was not to be outdone, and said: "Huayi is a different region, and it proves that the east is used as wood in the preface of Lao Tzu, which belongs to the yang and is the place where the Tao comes out; The West is gold, yin, and is born of the Buddha. Yang respects yin and is inferior, so Taoism is superior to Buddhism! ”

"Good! Color! ～”

Buddha Tucheng squinted his eyes and responded: "This is your Huaxia Yin and Yang Five Elements Study. The so-called yin and yang, what is the difference between respect and inferiority? My Buddha is compassionate and says, all beings are equal, and there is no dignity or inferiority! ”

"Good! Color! ～”

Hearing this, Xu Mi couldn't help frowning: "Buddhism comes from India, it is the religion of Yidi, and the culture of the Yidihu people is low, not as good as that of China, so it should not be trusted." Between Huayi, the race is different, and the hearts of non-my race will be different, and the Yi people believe in Buddhism, and the Chinese do not believe in it! ”

"This is a paradox!"

Buddha Tucheng said lightly: "The difference between Huayi and Yi begins with the difference in people's hearts. Regardless of culture, race, or origin, all my followers are blessed by my Buddha. ”

"Humph! The influx of Buddhism into Middle-earth has led to the decline and chaos of the country, so it should not be believed. ”

"Real person, you're just arguing with words. The decline of the country lies first in the decline of the people's hearts, so why is it to blame Buddhism? On the contrary, it is Ru Taoism, first Taiping Taoism and Wudoumi Sect, and then there are various Taoist schools to encourage the people to riot, what is the intention? ”

Regarding this point, in fact, Ran Min still agrees with Xu Mi's method.

The heyday of Buddhism in China also happened to be the beginning of the decline of China.

Because Buddhism occupies a lot of resources and does not engage in production, every time Buddhism flourishes, there will be a lot of shortages and mulberries, and the direct consequence is that productivity decreases, and consumption increases.

So every time Buddhism flourishes, it brings devastating effects on the environment and social development.

The development of Buddhism in China is based on the temple and the vast number of monks and believers, the construction of the temple requires a large amount of land, a large number of monks need social support, and there is no powerful country in the world that has the ability to support the unlimited development of Buddhism in the economy.

After some debate between the monks and the Taoist priests present, they couldn't hold each other, and no one could convince anyone.

Immediately afterwards, Ge Hong came out to debate with Buddha Tucheng.

"Holy monk, Ge Hong is polite." Ge Hong bowed to Buddha Tucheng.

Buddha Tucheng replied: "Amitabha." ”

"Immeasurable!"

Buddha Tucheng announced a Buddha number, and Ge Hong replied with a Taoist number.

Buddha Tucheng first said: "The poor monk thinks that it is ridiculous for the Taoist to be a teacher. The law of religion must first have a Lord. Taoism has no master, how can the cloud be called Taoism? ”

Buddha Tucheng believes that Taoism does not have a leader, and believes that Taoism cannot be called a religion.

Of course, Ge Hong couldn't admit it: "Why does the holy monk have no Taoist master?" Just talk about Zhou Kong's conversation. Zhou Kong and his wife were only missionaries. Do not claim to be the head of the sect. Why? The religion is the religion of the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors. The sect leader is the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. ”

Ge Hong first started from Confucianism, and further advanced the roots of Confucianism, saying that Zhou Gongdan and Confucius were not the masters, but only the people who preached the scriptures, and the real masters were the three emperors and five emperors, so the sects of others could be used as religions.

But Buddha Tucheng was not to be outdone, and said: "Before the two cases, the Han Art and Literature Chronicles, discussing the ancient tombs, the total judgment is that there are nine streams. One Confucian stream, two streams, and no other religion. It's always within the ninth stream. According to this, there is no other religion. Why? There is no master! If you say that Lao Tzu is the master. Lao Tzu is not an emperor. ”

"If you want to be called the master, if you don't have someone who respects the Taoist master, the case is canonical to the Five Classics. The Three Emperors have come to Zhou Gong Confucius and others, and they are not respected to live in the upper Hanging Sect and become the Taoist master, and they are three or less apocryphal scriptures, vainly respecting the Taoist master! If he has no master, how can he be taught? ”

Buddha Tucheng gave an example of "Hanshu Art and Literature Chronicles", which contains nine streams, Taoism is just a school, how can it be a teaching, and if Lao Tzu is the leader, Lao Tzu is not the emperor, if it is the Taoist scriptures in the respect is the leader, look at the canon of the Five Classics, from the Three Emperors to Confucius, there is no mention of Zun.

Therefore, the conclusion is that the apocryphal scriptures made after the three pieces are not considered true scriptures.

Because there is no such thing as a master in the Foolish Sect!

In fact, the meaning of Confucianism is expanded here, and the leader of the sect is considered to be only at the rank of emperor or above.

Hearing this, Ran Min suddenly felt bad for Buddha Tucheng.

In Ran Min's view, for a real sect, it is not to exalt one's own gods and belittle other gods (like Buddhism says that Lao Tzu is a disciple of Shakya, Taoism is the opposite), but to let the people really feel the reality, so that people can either send religion to comfort their souls, or carry forward their own aspirations, etc.

The debate continues, but the debate over Buddhism and Taoism is still not over.

Back in Jianzhang Palace, at this time, Ran Min was resting in the queen's Jiaofang Palace, and Queen Dong couldn't help but be curious: "Brother Min, Buddhism and Taoism, what do you want to teach?" ”

"It's Taoism." Ran Min said bluntly.

"Why?"

Ran Min smiled faintly: "There are two reasons. First, Taoism is a religion native to China. Second, Buddhism encloses a large amount of land, but does not do production, preserving reason, and destroying people's desires, which is very detrimental to the long-term peace and stability of the country. ”

"Then Brother Min, will you ban Buddhism and make Taoism the state religion?"

Dong Qiaoqiao blinked her eyes wide, and looked at Ran Min with curiosity.

Dong Qiaoqiao believes in Taoism, so she is happy that Taoism can expand in the Wei Kingdom.

But Ran Min shook his head and said, "State religion? Qiaoqiao, in the eyes of the widow, Taoism can be used as the state religion, but there is something inappropriate. The widow wants to practice the way of the inner and outer kings, the holy is the way, the king is the Buddha, the holy way is applied to the country, and the royal way is applied to the foreign country. ”

In Ran Min's view, whether it is Buddhism or Taoism, he can use it. Of course, this is a double-edged sword, if you use it well, you can be invincible, and if you use it badly, you will be able to mountain yourself!

But Ran Min is confident that he can control this double-edged sword!

Why is Ran Min more inclined to Taoism in his heart?

Although Taoism was at a low ebb in the Wei state due to the suppression of the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the north, it was still worshipped in the Wu state. In Shu, there is still a certain development of Shidao.

In the Jin Dynasty, famous Taoist priests emerged one after another. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Taoism developed rapidly in the south, forming three major centers: one was Longhu Mountain in Guixi City, Jiangxi Province; The second is Hengshan in present-day Hunan, and the third is Maoshan in present-day Jiangsu.

In the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty, Li Teh led the uprising of the displaced people in Liangzhou and Yizhou, and Zhang Sheng, the fourth generation of Zhang Ling, in order to avoid the scourge of war, led a part of the disciples from Hanzhong to Longhu Mountain, and established the altar (the altar where Taoism confers talismans when receiving Taoists) to spread the Tao.

Later, it became the center of the Southern Teacher's Way.

At the same time, Cunhua, the Wei lady of the northern cool Taoist religion, also moved south from Luoyang in order to escape the war, and finally lived in seclusion in Hengshan, cultivating and preaching, and was later respected as "Nanzhen Lady" and "Nanyue Lady".

Nanyue Hengshan thus became the center of Taoism in the south. Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Taoism has been protected, so there are many people who believe in it, including the famous family kings, Xie, Tao, Yin and officials at all levels.

Therefore, the forces are strong and the influence is great. Many of these famous Taoist priests practiced and practiced in Maoshan in the east of present-day Jurong and Lishui in Jiangsu Province, which became one of the centers of Taoism in the south.

However, at this time, Taoism still did not have buildings like Buddhist temples. The monastic and alchemy places of the monks are still stone chambers, caves or simple thatched huts; Believers who do not become monks set up a "ashram" at home to practice. This is related to the need for a quiet environment for Taoist cultivation. For example, if a famous Taoist priest opens a single way, he will be "a good mountain dweller".

In the third year of Shengping (359), he came to the location of the Eastern Jin Dynasty from the north, and later entered Luofu Mountain (now the east of Zengcheng City, Guangdong) in Nanhai County to cultivate. At the age of 100, he died in a mountain house. Ge Hong, a famous Taoist teacher, entered Luofu Mountain in his later years to cultivate Taoism and alchemy, and he traveled and recuperated, and wrote endlessly. He also did not have a Taoist view of the universe and finally died in a hut.

Xu Hui (pronounced Hui) first followed his father Xu Mi (pronounced mi) into Maoshan to learn Taoism, and then transferred to Fangyuan Cave in Fangyu Mountain to practice until he died, and there was no Taoist temple.

Xu Mai began to be unable to bear to stay away from his parents, in order to facilitate the province, so he built the Jingshe (Daoshe) in Yuhang County Hanging Mountain (now Jiuxian Mountain in the southwest of Lin'an, Zhejiang); He also built a stone room in Maoshan and cultivated the road.

After the death of his parents, he was transferred to Huan Mountain in Tonglu County and Xishan (now Mu Mountain) in Lin'an County to practice, but he did not build a temple to view the universe.

This is especially true of Taoist priests.

Although Taoism worships ghosts and gods, because there is no Taoist view of the universe, and most of them are in the mountains, there is no such thing as worshipping gods and ghosts and idols and burning incense and worshipping. Taoist priests usually practice the art of tuna (i.e., qigong), collecting medicines, and alchemy, in order to achieve immortality.

In addition, it is to carry out some work in the face of life. Senior Taoist priests write books, preach and preach. As for the ghosts and gods worshipped by Taoism at that time, there is no clear record in the history books and Taoist books.

In the last years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Taoist leaders Sun En and Lu Xun took advantage of the dissatisfaction of the people with the corrupt regime of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to hold uprisings one after another.

Although it received an enthusiastic response from the vast number of Taoists and poor peasants, they were quickly suppressed by the official army because they did not put forward a clear goal of political reform and improving the situation of the people, but only to replace the Eastern Jin regime, and lacked military training.

This caused serious damage to the development of Taoism in the south.

Lo and behold, this is a double-edged sword!

Taoism also has many unstable factors, but it does not teach people to endure like Buddhism, and castrates the blood. Rao is like this, Taoism helps the common people, once a disaster arises, Taoism is the most troublesome.

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Chapter 0369: Puja