Online game I am Sun Wukong

After Liu Juan and Xiao Shuihua had dinner, they went to the library to look for materials.

Mr. Lu Xun once verified that the prototype of Sun Wukong is Wuzhiqi when Dayu controlled the water. From ancient times to the present, there have been legends about Wuzhiqi in the Huaihe River area, describing him as "like an ape" and "more powerful than nine elephants". , is the water god of the Huai River.As a native of Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, Wu Chengen should be quite familiar with the story of Wuzhiqi. When creating the image of Monkey King, he undoubtedly borrowed from the legend of Wuzhiqi.Especially in Wu Chengen's version of "Journey to the West", Monkey King breaks out of the rock, which is vaguely related to Dayu's water control. "Journey to the West" has created four distinctive characters: Tang Monk-sincere to Buddha, stubborn, Sun Wukong-righteous and bold, superb ability is the nemesis of monsters, Zhu Bajie-lusty for money and lust, but not lacking in kindness, Sand Monk-hearted Kindness, peace of mind.These four characters have their own characteristics and different personalities, which just form a sharp contrast.

It is a real event in history that Tang monks learn Buddhist scriptures.

The Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous period of China's feudal society, and foreign exchanges were very frequent, so it is reasonable to set the era as the Tang Dynasty.Except for the Tang Dynasty, there are basically no other dynasties to write about.In the Han Dynasty, Buddhism had just entered China; in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, it was divided; the Yuan Dynasty was basically ruled by nomadic peoples, and Buddhism did not develop much; in the Song Dynasty, the borders were in danger.Only the Tang Dynasty can show the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

About 300 years ago, that is, the first year of Zhenguan (627) of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, a 25-year-old young monk Xuanzang left Chang'an, the capital city, to study in Tianzhu (India) alone.After he set off from Chang'an, he passed through Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, went through many difficulties and obstacles, and finally arrived in India.He studied there for more than two years, and was a keynote speaker at a large debate on Buddhist scriptures, which was praised.In the 19th year of Zhenguan (645), Xuanzang returned to Chang'an and brought back 657 Buddhist scriptures.It took him 19 years and a journey of tens of thousands of miles to learn Buddhist scriptures from the West. It was a legendary long march that caused a sensation.Later, Xuanzang dictated what he saw on his journey to the west, and his disciple Bian Ji compiled it into twelve volumes of "The Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty".But this book mainly tells the history, geography and transportation of the countries seen on the road, without any stories.The "Biography of Master Sanzang of the Daci'en Temple of the Tang Dynasty" written by his disciples Huili and Yancong added a lot of mythological color to Xuanzang's experience.In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was "Da Tang Sanzang Qujing Shihua", in the Jin Dynasty there were "Tang Sanzang" and "Peach Fair", etc., and in Yuan Zaju there were Wu Changling's "Tang Sanzang Quejing from the West", Anonymous's "Erlang Shensuo Qi Dasheng", etc. The creation of "Journey to the West" laid the foundation.It is precisely on the basis of folk legends, story books, and operas that Wu Chengen, after arduous re-creation, completed this great literary masterpiece that the Chinese nation is proud of.

Liu Juan knew that the information he found might not be useful, but if he didn't look for it, if he really encountered something, he would look for it in the game again, by then it would be too late.Liu Juan knew that he was prepared and that his own life was not important, but Xiao Shuihua must be saved, even if he died, he would also save Xiao Shuihua's life.

For some reason, Liu Juan sometimes felt that he had changed a lot, he was no longer that competitive boy, and he had learned to think calmly.

According to the computer, Buddhism flourished during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.One manifestation of prosperity is the translation of Buddhist scriptures.During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, people had already encountered great difficulties in translating Buddhist scriptures. They could only use their knowledge of Sanskrit to translate the classics based on their understanding of Sanskrit at that time. However, Sanskrit itself is an elegant language, so translation is very difficult.So some people thought of going to India to see what Buddhism is all about and what the real Buddhist scriptures are like.

So people in the Southern and Northern Dynasties have already started to go to the west to learn scriptures.Because of language changes, Buddhist scriptures translated during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties became difficult to read during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, let alone Sanskrit scriptures.This confused some people who were engaged in the translation of Buddhist scriptures during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.In fact, this problem is still the same until now. The text of the "Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra" has 5119 characters in total, but can everyone explain it clearly?I can't speak clearly.The history of the development of Buddhism in China is also the history of Chinese translation and understanding of Buddhist scriptures.Because of incomprehension, ambiguity arises, ambiguity creates disputes, and disputes create factions, so there were many schools of Buddhism during the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Religion, sect is sect, religion is religion.There are many sects in Buddhism, which developed slowly because of the ambiguity in the understanding of the classics.There are so many ambiguities, what should I do?Some aspiring monks had a very strong desire: to go to India to see the real situation of Buddhism, to see how many Buddhist scriptures are still there, and to see what the scriptures that are not in China say.Xuanzang in the early Tang Dynasty was such a character. He wanted to go to India to learn scriptures because he wanted to explore Buddhism and the original situation in Buddhist scriptures.The reason for learning Buddhist scriptures is to clarify the issues mentioned in Buddhist scriptures and to read more scriptures.

As I said just now, there have been people who have gone to the Western Paradise to seek the Fa since the Northern and Southern Dynasties.According to historical records, it was an eminent monk in the Three Kingdoms era who first went to the Western Regions to seek the Dharma.After the Three Kingdoms, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, that is, from the 3rd century to the 8th century, many people went to the West to seek scriptures.The most famous one here is Fa Xian, a monk in the middle of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. His Buddhist cultivation is very deep, and his foundation in Sanskrit is also very good.Faxian traveled westward to seek the Dharma, passed through the desert and snow-capped mountains, arrived at North Tianzhu, and then went to Zhong Tianzhu.Tianzhu is now India.Faxian spent three years in India, read many scriptures, and brought many scriptures back to China.When I went there, I took the land route, and when I returned home, I took the water route.From India to the country of lions, which is now Sri Lanka, and then took a boat, encountered wind and waves on the sea, after drifting, arrived in Sumatra, and then took a boat to Guangzhou, China, and then drifted on the sea for a long time before landing. When I went ashore, I found that I had already arrived in Qingdao, Shandong Province.He calculated the time, starting from Sri Lanka, and traveled by sea for three years.No matter how many things he brought back, his spirit is very remarkable.Moreover, since then, going to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures has become a symbolic act of infinite loyalty to Buddhism.

According to the statistics of scholars, from the 3rd century to the 4th century AD, a total of 7 monks went to learn Buddhist scriptures by land. In the 5th century, 61 monks went to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures. .From the 6rd century to the 14th century, eminent monks left the Middle Earth and traveled long distances to the Western Regions to seek scriptures regardless of personal safety.Among the 7 people recorded in the history books, only 56 returned safely, and most of them died.This spirit of Buddhists is very firm, showing the appeal of Buddhism and the pursuit of monks.

Under such circumstances, in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Xuanzang's feat of seeking Buddhist scriptures from the west appeared.Xuanzang's study of Buddhist scriptures is a remarkable thing. Although he was not the first monk to go to Tianzhu to obtain Buddhist scriptures, his achievements were particularly great, his influence was particularly great, and his cultural significance was particularly profound.Xuanzang learned Buddhist scriptures, firstly, to solve the doubts in the Buddhist scriptures, and secondly, there were too few scriptures in the East at that time, so he wanted to read more scriptures.Therefore, Xuanzang's study of Buddhist scriptures is also a continuation of the tradition of continuously going to the west to seek the Dharma since the 3rd century AD.He decided to go to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures. In our common words, this is also the pursuit of truth.Regardless of whether religion can be called truth, but for believers, what they pursue is truth.This spirit of pursuing truth can be seen from the incident of learning scriptures from the West in the third century. This is a virtue of our Chinese nation.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Buddhist scriptures were even more difficult to read. One of Xuanzang’s disciples, Hui Li, said in a book that everyone was “unaware of the ancient sages, but the common doubts of the present” about the Buddhist scriptures. That is to say, the sages of the Southern and Northern Dynasties did not solve The problem has now become a widespread problem shared by scholars today, and the development of Buddhism has reached a very critical moment.It was against this background that Xuanzang started his journey to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures, so it is of great significance.

He studied the scriptures of various sects in depth, and the deeper he learned and the wider his understanding, the more doubts and confusions he had.After arriving in Chang'an, he decided to go to Tianzhu to seek the Dharma.Just at this time, a monk from Tianzhu in Chang'an introduced the situation of Indian Buddhism to him, and especially mentioned Nalanda Temple, which is a great Buddhist center.Nalanda Temple is a temple, but it is actually the highest institution of Buddhism.After being introduced by this Indian monk, Xuanzang made up his mind to go to India, to Nalanda Monastery.Xuanzang's seeking scriptures shows his will, he is completely purposeful and pursued.