Chapter 371 Story
"In the first year of Tongzhi, Fawang Temple built four more mountain stronghold gates for defense. In the tenth year of Tongzhi, Fawang Temple was finally completed. Guoshan ordered his junior brothers Guo Duan and Guo Qin to take advantage of the danger. When he was far away, he went to the capital to invite the emperor to give him scriptures and the word "imperial gift" to the temple. "
In ancient times, temples were divided into levels. The highest level is the "Emperor's Building". The royal family allocates special funds for its construction and maintenance. The monks inside eat "imperial food". Their tasks are of course to be responsible for hosting royal-related ceremonies and being responsible for religious affairs for the royal family. They have a high status.
The next best thing is the "Emperor", the temple designated for protection by the royal family. The royal family will not contribute money to this kind of temple, or it will not fully contribute. It is more of a name for the temple to have a relationship with the royal family.
This kind of relationship is also diverse. Some are places for praying for the country, some temple abbots are the retreat masters of royal family members, and some are home temples of royal relatives and so on.
"Zen Master Guoshan took advantage of the fact that he asked the abbot of Fawang Temple to practice on Cixi's behalf. He received the imperial plaque of 'Fawang Zen Temple' and a set of "Longzang Sutra", which made Fawang Temple famous and eventually became one of the most famous Buddhist temples in southern Sichuan. The jungles of ten directions in northern Guizhou, With a rent of 3,700 stone and hundreds of monks living in the temple, Fawang Temple was at its most prosperous."
Teacher Yuan and Manager Fei looked at Zhou Zhi differently. This... This is the local chronicle of Jiachuan where Nima is walking!
No wonder Mr. Gu likes him so much!
Gu Youwen knew that this boy was helping his godfather with the literary and historical work in Jiachuan County. According to Zhengping, this boy grew up studying the old county chronicles at his uncle's house, so he didn't find it strange at all. Waving his hands, he said: "Talk about the origin of the "Dragon Hidden Sutra". Did Cixi and Tongzhi give it to them from the Qing Palace?" 》The reason why it carries the word "dragon" is because it was personally paid attention to and ordered by two generations of emperors. The Tripitaka is the most exquisite workmanship in the world. The printing and binding of the Tripitaka are exceptionally exquisite. Cixi gave Luan Jia half a piece of flowers, which is estimated to be hundreds of taels of silver. Compared with the magnificent rare book that contains more than a thousand Buddhist classics. , obviously still a step behind the boss.”
"This matter has been recorded in detail in the county, and it is actually an interesting story."
"At that time, Guoduan Guochen followed the path of Dazongzheng, and what he finally got was the imperial edict from Fawang Temple. "It's just the name and the 'permit' for printing scriptures."
"The matter was transferred to Seng Lu Division."
"But Seng Lu Division was here. At that time, it had long been reduced to a salary-earning department, and the few senior monks in charge had no idea about this matter. They had no idea where the engraving of the "Dragon Hidden Sutra" was."
< br>"Is there such a thing?" Gu Youwen was surprised: "The Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties attached great importance to the "Dragon Tibetan Sutra" edition, how dare they be so careless?"
"In fact, from this incident, we can see how corrupt the official institutions of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were at that time." Zhou Zhi said, "What should we do? Guo Duan Guoqin had to report again and ask the court to search for the "Longzang Sutra" "The whereabouts of the edition"
"obtained the emperor's instructions. Afterwards, officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs spent three months searching for previous handover information and learned that this edition of the "Dragon Hidden Sutra" was sealed after it was first printed in 100 volumes. Finally, at the end of Qianlong's reign, it was sent to It was stored in the Berlin Temple on the outskirts of Beijing."
"Yes. After receiving the news, the two hurried to Berlin Temple. However, when the monks of Berlin Temple opened the warehouse, they found that the shelves where the scriptures were stored were still there, but there was no "Longzang Sutra" box that should have been on top. "
"This..." Gu Youwen couldn't help crying or laughing: "Such a national treasure, with the hard work and financial resources of the two dynasties, was given to them like this?!"
"Fortunately, an old monk from Berlin Temple recalled that one year because the roof of the warehouse needed to be renovated, those The letter was forwarded to Zhihua Temple for safekeeping.”
"The two of them rushed to Zhihua Temple, and finally found this precious set of carvings there."
Although they knew that the matter was finally done, everyone still couldn't help themselves when they heard this. The ground breathed a sigh of relief. Zhou Zhi then said: "Finding the engraving is still the first step. By this time, Guo Duan Guoqin's money has been used up. Fortunately, the monk relied on alms, so the two of them ran around to raise printing funds, which ended up taking a lot of time. After three months, I finally collected some money, recruited workers, and purchased paper materials. Finally, after September, I completed the printing of the "Longzang Sutra."
"Because of " A printed version of the Dragon Pitaka Sutra There are very few, so the words on the sutra board are all sharp and complete, and the printed new sutra is perfect."
"Guo Duan Guoqin didn't feel that he was working hard, but was grateful for the emperor's kindness. Vast, in every scripture There is also a page added to the title page that I asked someone to process. Therefore, the difference between Fawang Temple's "Longzai Sutra" and the first edition of "Longzai Sutra" is that each volume has a newly added seal of "Long Live the 10th Anniversary of Tongzhi" at the front of the volume. '."
"Have you seen this set of books?" After listening to Zhou Zhi's detailed description, Teacher Yuan couldn't help but feel a glimmer of hope.
"No." Zhou Zhi shook his head: "I read these from the "Fangwai" in the old county chronicle. I thought it was funny at the time, so I wrote it down."
"Oh. ." Teacher Yuan couldn't help feeling a little discouraged.
“What is the status of this temple now?” Gu Youwen asked.
“It’s too ugly to see.” Zhou Zhi shook his head: “The eleventh generation abbot of Fawang Temple is Dongfang, the 45th generation of Linji Zongzong. He practiced martial arts in Gaopeng Mountain since he was a child, and is good at martial arts and medical skills. He travels all over the world, After participating in Shaolin Zen, he was hired as the abbot of Fawang Temple, and was later elected as the abbot. ”
"He revitalized Fawang Temple again. During the Anti-Japanese War, he also founded Fawang Temple Buddhist College. He appointed Master Taixu of the Sino-Tibetan Catechism Academy as the honorary president, invited Master Yinshun from Jinyun Mountain in Chongqing as his instructor, and Master Yanpei as the academic director. On the Fourth School starts every year to teach Buddhist philosophy and common sense , cultivated many monks and lay talents, and served as the president of the SC Provincial Martial Arts Association, spreading martial arts and qigong in southern Sichuan."
"But because his reputation was too famous, he had a conflict with the Guizhou warlord, Li Li, the bodyguard of the Guizhou warlord Zhou Qilong. Izumo is a master of internal affairs , under the instigation of Zhou Qilong's conspiracy, the two held a competition. "
"Dongfang Zen Master was already old at the time. After the competition, he lost a move and hit Li Chuyun's acupuncture point. Yun said to Dongfang that as long as he admits defeat, I will untie him."
"Dongfang Zen Master is a proud and arrogant person. He just said lightly, 'Life and death are determined by destiny, and a poor monk will not bow to someone who helps the emperor to abuse.' Then he returned to Fawang Temple."
"Three days later, a hidden disease broke out and he vomited blood and died."
"Li Chuyun later learned that he had been used by Zhou Qilong to kill a great virtue. He was ashamed and ashamed, and abandoned his post in anger. He has been missing since then."
"And Fawang Temple has since Then it continued to decline and fall into disrepair. After the founding of New China, the only remaining In a temple with five monks, I heard that there are only two old nuns who have returned to secular life. They are registered as Wubao old people by the local township government. Fawang Temple is actually just a dilapidated nursing home now. ”
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