Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 164 Meeting Xuanzang

"Master Xuanzang, His Royal Highness ordered us to take you master and apprentice to Daxingshan Temple to settle down, and you will follow us to Daxingshan Temple." Entering Chang'an, Fang Xuanling said.

"Benefactor, please wait a moment. The poor monk just came back and wants to visit the prince first!" Xuanzang said, he was anxious to get the support of the court to allow him to spread the Dharma, and he did not want to delay for a moment.

"However, your scriptures, relics, Buddha statues, and your disciples..." Fang Xuanling said.

What Fang Xuanling meant was that they couldn't be taken along with them, it would be impolite.

"Let them go to Daxingshan Temple first, and trouble the benefactor to ask someone to take them to Daxingshan Temple. The poor monk will follow the benefactor to meet the prince." Xuanzang said.

"That's fine!" Fang Xuanling smiled, and turned around to tell the person behind him: "Take these mages to live in Daxingshan Temple."

"No!" The man clasped his hands, came to these monks and said, "Masters, please follow me."

"You go to Daxingshan Temple first! I will accompany Sikong to the palace to meet the prince!" Xuanzang ordered his disciples.

"Yes! Master!" All the disciples clasped their hands together and said, and followed Fang Xuanling's men to Daxingshan Temple.

"Master, let's go! Let's enter the palace now!" Fang Xuanling said, making a gesture of invitation.

"Please, Sikong!" Xuanzang clasped his hands together, walked side by side with Fang Xuanling, and entered the palace to meet the Prince Jian.

"Lang Jun! Master Xuanzang, who came back from worshiping Buddha in the west, asks to meet you!" In the Guangtian Hall of the East Palace, a servant came to report.

"Why didn't he go to Daxingshan Temple to settle down, but came to visit the widow and let him in." Li Chengqian said.

"No!" The servant took the order and retreated.

Xuanzang walked in led by his servant.

"Recluse Xuanzang pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Xuanzang saluted Li Chengqian who was sitting on the main seat.

"Master, don't need to be too polite! Give me a seat!" Li Chengqian said, and asked someone to fetch a chair for Xuanzang.

Xuanzang looked up and down the chair in front of him, very curious, he had never seen such a strange thing.

The servant on the side was afraid that Xuanzang would make a fool of himself and lose his dignity in front of the prince, so he explained the novelty of the chair to Xuanzang.

Xuanzang was very grateful to the servant, otherwise he would have made a fool of himself in this hall.

But having said that, when did such a thing as a chair appear in Datang?Why hadn't he seen it before.

Xuanzang did not know that the chair had not been around for a long time, only about two years. At that time, he was still worshiping Buddha in the Western Regions to seek scriptures.

"You made Your Highness laugh!" Xuanzang clasped his hands together.

"This chair has only been around for a few years, so it's normal for mages not to know it, so what's the joke?" Li Chengqian said.

After Xuanzang was finished, Li Chengqian continued: "The mage traveled westward to seek Buddhist scriptures and worked hard all the way, why didn't he report to ask for approval?"

At the beginning of Zhenguan, Li Er issued a ban, forbidding monks to leave the Tang Dynasty to seek the Dharma westward. It was the time when Li Er rejected Buddhism the most.

Xuanzang was not allowed to go to the table three times, so he had to secretly go to the Western Regions to obtain the scriptures in the second year of Zhenguan.

Xuanzang actually smuggled out of the country, but the countries at that time did not have passports. Otherwise, Xuanzang, a stowaway, would have been deported.

"Don't hide it from Your Highness! At the beginning, the poor monk also petitioned the imperial court three times to allow the poor monk to go to the West to obtain the scriptures."

"However, the poor monk was so soft-spoken and had no connections, so he asked for permission not to travel westward." Xuanzang said.

Li Chengqian just asked casually if it was true as Xuanzang said, these are not important, this is just the opening of the chat with Xuanzang.

"The mage went to the west to learn scriptures. I don't know how far the mage has traveled, and what countries have he been to?" Li Chengqian asked.

"This time the poor monk traveled more than 5 miles to the west, and there were Buddhist temples along the way, and the poor monks went to pay homage to each of the countries where they visited the Buddha." Xuanzang replied.

"Since this is the case, presumably mages should understand the customs, mountains and rivers, and products of these countries."

"I just don't know how these regions are different from my Great Tang?" Li Chengqian asked.

He can also take this opportunity to get a good understanding of the situation in the countries of the Western Regions, especially the situation in India's Asan.

Maybe he will be useful when he ascends the throne in the future.

"The customs of the Western Regions are indeed different from ours in the Central Plains. The poor monk was not used to it when he first saw it, but after a long time, he got used to it!" Xuanzang didn't know Li Chengqian's little Jiujiu, and thought the prince was just curious That's all, just say so casually.

"This time the Master obtained Mahayana Buddhism from Tianzhu. I don't know how the customs in Tianzhu are. There is a difference between eating and drinking in Central Plains. I heard that the girls in Tianzhu are all talented. I don't know if this is the case?" Li Chengqian said .

"Whether the girl from Tianzhu is as His Highness said, this poor monk is not easy to say. The poor monk is here to seek the Dharma, and he doesn't pay much attention to women from other places. I am afraid that he will not be able to answer His Highness's question."

"As for the food in Tianzhu, people in Tianzhu like to eat with their right hand, which is naturally different from that in the Central Plains," Xuanzang said.

He went to Tianzhu in the Western Regions this time for Buddhist classics. He usually stays in temples, not for sightseeing, let alone pink skeletons like women.

He only has Buddha in his heart, so how could he have any woman in his eyes?
This is simply an insult to the Buddha!
"I never thought that the customs of Tianzhu and my Central Plains are so similar and very different. Okay! Let's not talk about these!"

"Since the mage has some knowledge of the customs, products, and geography of the mountains and rivers of the countries in the Western Regions, can I record them?" Li Chengqian asked.

"The poor monk went to Tianzhu to seek scriptures wholeheartedly, and never recorded what he saw and heard along the way, but these are all recorded in the poor monk's mind, and the poor monk can write him down." Xuanzang said.

"This is really great. Master, why not write down the situation of the countries in the Western Regions you have passed along the way, and write it into a book called "Da Tang Western Regions"."

"With this "Da Tang Western Regions", this will benefit the future exchanges and learning between our Tang Dynasty and other countries in the Western Regions, and will open up the Silk Road to farther places."

"Master, why don't you write this "Da Tang Western Regions" first, and let's put it aside for the time being and talk about other things before it's too late." Li Chengqian said.

With the Great Tang Records of the Western Regions in hand, which is an understanding of the situation of the countries in the Western Regions, let alone cultural exchanges, even sending troops to conquer these countries will not be a problem.

After hearing Li Chengqian's words, Xuanzang did not agree to him immediately, although Xuanzang also wanted to write this "Da Tang Western Regions".

But in his mind, translating Buddhist classics is his top priority in life. As for this "Da Tang Western Regions", at most he can write it casually in his spare time.

Xuanzang is not happy to put the cart before the horse when he is asked to put aside translating Buddhist studies and write the story of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty first.

(End of this chapter)