God will argue with reason: "The five ancestors will pass on the robes and golden bowls to Huineng, and Huineng is the orthodox six ancestors." ”

The controversy between the two factions of the conference became the two major factions of Zen Buddhism for a while, and in the end, the gods won, and the Buddhism of the Southern Sect rose rapidly in the north.

In the fourth year of Tianbao (745), Song Ding, the squire of the military department, believed in the Zen method of "epiphany" in the south and invited the gods into Luoyang, the eastern capital. At this time, the Zen master has passed away, the gods will show their ambitions in Luoyang, vigorously spread the purpose of "epiphany", build a monument for the six ancestors Huineng in Heze Temple, and paint the "Six Leaves Map" according to their own lineage, and say that the six ancestors Huineng is the orthodox heir of the Zen lineage.

Later, the Divine Society compiled the record of the debate and published it as "The Theory of Right and Wrong in the Bodhidharma South Sect".

Due to the "gradual enlightenment" of the Shenxiu faction in the north is extremely prosperous, Luoyang is the center of influence of the Beixiu, and the disciples of Shenxiu have always regarded Huineng, who had been granted by the five ancestors to pass on the holy relics and fled south, as an enemy, so they saw the opportunity, relied on their power, and with the help of the political forces and means they could rely on, launched a fierce and multiple counterattack against the Shenhui, and finally expelled the Shenhui from the capital.

Shenhui was forced to move to Hubei, exiled and tossed, in less than two years, forced to move four times, from Yiyang County to Wudang County, and then to Xiangzhou, Tianbao 13 years (754) July, and then moved to Jingzhou Kaiyuan Temple. During the period of forced eviction, the Shenhui was as ambitious as the arrow, unchanged from its original intention, and everywhere vigorously promoted the "Dunjiao" method of the Southern Sect, and promoted it vigorously.

In the fourteenth year of Tianbao (755), the famous "Anshi Rebellion" occurred in the world, and An Lushan raised troops to capture the eastern capital Luoyang, approaching Chang'an. Emperor Xuanzong was terrified, abandoned the city, and fled to Xishu. At that time, there were many natural disasters. It was another day of war, which weakened the national strength of the Tang Dynasty and emptied the treasury. The Tang Dynasty is in jeopardy. Deputy Marshal Guo Ziyi adopted the suggestion of the right servant to shoot Pei Mian, and ordered all county governments across the country to set up ordination altars for monks, and collect a certain amount of sesame oil money as tax money as military salary. He invited the God Council to preside over the matter.

At that time, the god of deep hope was falsely accused by the traitor Lu Yi, and lived in Jingzhou, now seeing the mountains and rivers swinging, Kyoto is in danger, it is the rise and fall of the country, the husband is responsible, and he knows that this is a good opportunity to vigorously promote the Zen law of the Southern Sect, so he stepped forward and set up ordination altars in the major prefectures in the name of preaching Zen. Widely collected "sesame oil money", raised a large amount of money and silver, and sent it to the Tang Dynasty army as military salary, which attracted the attention of the world.

After the "Anshi Rebellion" was pacified, due to the outstanding achievements of the Divine Society, he was invited into the dojo by Tang Suzong, and was enshrined as the "Seven Ancestors of Zen Buddhism" and pardoned the craftsmen to expand and repair Heze Temple. In the second year of Baoying, the tower was built in Luoyang Baoying Temple. In Luoyang, the gods will write a book on his many years of meditation practice, and in the fourth year of Tianbao (745 years), he wrote the "Xianzong Ji", which expounds on the epiphany of the Southern Sect and the gradual enlightenment of the Northern Sect, and admires the true inheritance of the five ancestors of the Southern Sect, and personally bestows holy relics such as robes and golden bowls, which are the true six ancestors of Zen Buddhism. Commenting on the Shenxiu of the Northern Sect was just a self-proclaimed fake sixth ancestor who relied on the large number of people at that time. Set the north and south of the Dun gradually two gates, that is, the south can be the Dun sect, and the north show is the gradual teaching. The name of "South and North Progress" was widely spread. At that time, the world vied with each other to copy the "Records of the Emperor Xianzong", which was widely circulated and had a great influence, and was unique in the north.

In the first year of Shangyuan (760), the gods passed away, and he lived for 93 years and was named "Master Zhenzong" by the emperor. In the twelfth year of Tang Zhenguan (796), the master of the Decha Shenhui was the "seventh ancestor of Zen Buddhism", and the monument was placed in the Shenlong Temple, and its law flow was called "Heze Sect".

Among the people of the Shenhui Gate, there are many talents, and the most prominent ones are the unknown Zen masters and Faru Zen masters who have been following them. The second to fifth generations of the "Heze Sect", holding high the banner of the "Epiphany" method, have established a number of Zen mountains and monasteries in the north and south of the river, which are famous and have many followers.

Because the Divine Association has served the six ancestors since the time of the novice, they have taken care of the diet and daily life, and they have won the true inheritance of the six ancestors during the period, and then returned to the temple with the six ancestors. After the six ancestors were extinguished, he revived the Southern Sect and realized the Zen style, and was later named the "Seven Ancestors of Zen Buddhism" by the emperor; Therefore, the temples of Xinzhou have sculpted his statue, placed on the side of the statue of the six ancestors, and listed in the ancestral hall as a waiter.

All Buddhist temples in China have 18 Arhat statues, but Xinxing Guoen Temple has 20 Arhat statues, that is, there are two more Fahai and Shenhui. There is a reason for this: Fahai is the great disciple of the sixth ancestor Huineng, who once recorded the meritorious work of the "Altar Sutra", and later became the abbot of Baolin Temple in Shaozhou; And the Shenhui is the descendant of the six ancestors Huineng, who once sacrificed his life in the fire to rescue the "Altar Sutra".

The vicissitudes of history and the world are long.

The Anshi Rebellion and the subsequent large-scale destruction of Buddha by Tang Wuzong, coupled with the continuous peasant uprisings and wars, destroyed the economic soil on which the Northern Sect depended, and the gradual cultivation of the Northern Sect had to gradually decline and decline. With the southward migration of the Central Plains culture, the ideology and culture of the Southern Sect, which inhabited the mountains and forests and were rooted in the people, grew rapidly and prospered in the south.

In the history of Chinese Buddhism, there have been "three martial arts and one sect difficulty" (that is, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty, and the fourth arrangement of Buddha by Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty), all of which relied on the preservation and standardization of Zen masters and monks. There is a cloud in the "Caoxi Dajian Zen Master Tablet" written by Liu Zongyuan: "It is said that it is there, and now it is all over the world, and all words and Zen are based on Caoxi." "In Baoling Temple, there are countless disciples cultivated by the Sixth Ancestor Huineng. "Jingde Chuan Lantern Record" and "Transmission of the Dharma Authentic Record" both contain 44 heirs, and the "Dharma Treasure Altar Sutra" says that there are 10 disciples. Among them, the most eye-catching and the most accomplished are five who are known as the "Five Great Masters" by the world: that is, Nanyue Huairang, Qingyuan Xingsi, Yongjia Xuanjue, Nanyang Huizhong, and Heze Shenhui.

If it is said that the Sixth Patriarch Huineng laid down the principles of meditation at the theoretical level of the Cao Xi Method; Then, his right-hand man will verify and further develop and carry forward in concrete practice. After listening to the lectures of the six ancestors Huineng in Baoling Temple, they scattered in the famous mountains and temples all over the country, preached widely, and developed the doctrine of Zen forest, and each of them was full of wit. Stick drink Qi Shi and become a family of its own, popular grass, radio broadcast. Cao Xi is in a vein, and the sea of law is crossing.

The first Heze sect of the Divine Society, popular in the Central Plains.

The two schools of Yongjia Xuanjue and Nanyang Huizhong were not long ago, but they were also quite influential at the time.

Nanyue Huairang and Qingyuan Xingsi are two, and their talents are like clouds and dragons. Its lineage is long and the most prosperous.

Nanyue was spread into two factions: Linji in Hebei and Weiyang in Hunan.

Qingyuan is divided into three factions: Caodong in Jiangxi, Yunmen in Guangdong, and Fayan in Nanjing.

This is the five schools of Zen Buddhism that are called "flowers bloom and five leaves" in the history of Buddhism.

Rinzai Buddhism is prevalent in Japan.

The Dharma Eye sect spread in Siam and Goryeo.

The Cloud Gate Sect and the Rinzai Sect spread far and wide in Europe and the United States.

Later, the Rinzai sect divided the two factions of Yang Qi Fanghui and Huanglong Huinan.

Taken together, some Buddhists refer to them as the "Seven Sects" or the "Five Families and Seven Sects." In this way, it developed in this way until it spread to Japan, and over the years, there were 24 schools of Zen teachings, forming a pattern of stars and moons shining and candles shining.

Some Buddhists refer to the Zen school as "Cao Yuan", also known as "a drop of water in Cao Xi". One is that the Zen method of the sixth ancestor Huineng to open the "epiphany" is in Cao Xi in Shaozhou, so the source of Zen is also called "Cao Yuan"; However, scholars who have studied Zen deeply believe that Huineng himself is "Cao Yuan".

Academic opinions are inconclusive, and the wise see wisdom.

The quotations recorded and sorted out by the eldest disciple Fahai Zen Master Huineng are called "Dharma Treasure Altar Sutra", also known as "Six Patriarch Altar Sutra". This masterpiece of Zen Forest is a shining treasure in the Buddhist library and one of the important doctrines of the world's religions.

There are many famous Buddhist monks and monks all over the world, which can be regarded as a vast sea. In the voluminous Buddhist scriptures, from the perspective of the attribution of literary forms, there are Sanskrit, Tibetan, Japanese, Pali, Chinese, etc. The first authority in the Buddhist world to recommend the Chinese Tibetan scriptures - Japan's "Taisho Xinxiu Tripitaka", a collection of 3,360 Buddhist scriptures, 3,520 volumes.

The only classic written by the Chinese and later spread around the world is the "Six Ancestors Altar Sutra", which has become a unique and out-of-print Buddhist classic that has never been seen before or after in China, and is regarded by later generations as a sectarian code that inherits the ancestors.

From the strict original meaning of Buddhism, the Buddhist scriptures can be divided into the three Tibetan scriptures, Vinayas, and treatises. "Sutra" refers to the Buddhist teachings preached by the Buddha Shakyamuni Chrysostom and reminisced down by his disciples. Historically, only the classics of India or the Western Regions can be regarded as true scriptures and can be recognized. The "Vinaya" is a Buddhist precept preached by the Buddha Shakyamuni Chrysostom and memorized by his disciples. The "Treatise" is a work written by a Buddhist disciple that expounds the theory of Buddhism. It follows from this that no matter how high their achievements and how prominent their status is, their writings can only be called "treatises" at best, otherwise they will be denounced as "apocryphal scriptures" by the people of the time or future generations.

"Altar" refers to the secret altar of Esoteric cultivation or the precept altar for teaching the Dharma, that is, the Dharma field for opening the Dharma and spreading Zen. The Sixth Patriarch Hui Neng "said the Moa Prajnaparamita Dharma and conferred the precepts of non-phase" on the altar of the Dafan Temple. According to his statement, it is not surprising that it is called the "Altar Sutra". However, according to the customary laws of Buddhism in the world, the words and deeds of Chinese monks cannot be called "scriptures". Zen Master Fahai actually "defied the condemnation of the world" and boldly called it the "Sutra" and placed it in the supreme position in Zen Buddhism, which shows that Zen Buddhism has the courage to break through the shackles and break through the shackles, dare to stand out in the Buddhist world, and is not afraid of the attacks and ridicule of other sects. The quotations of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng were finally recognized by the Buddhist community as "Sutra" and widely circulated, which shows the special and glorious status of the Sixth Patriarch.