What eight words did the abbot say to Zhu Yuanzhang?

The abbot told Zhu Yuanzhang that he had seen Buddha in the past and didn't worship Buddha in the past. The "seeing" here is also equivalent to the ancient "now". It means that Zhu Yuanzhang is now the emperor, the statue of the Ninth Five-Year Plan and the Buddha on earth, so it is reasonable for the present Buddha to bow down to the past Buddha. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to kowtow, so the donkey didn't kneel along the slope. He was very happy after hearing this, praised the abbot for his knowledge and being a learned monk, and gave him a great reward.

Personality assessment

As one of the most outstanding monarchs in China, Zhu Yuanzhang devoted his life to political affairs and made many achievements. In particular, a large number of institutional laws and regulations were created, which not only laid the foundation of the Ming Dynasty for nearly 300 years, but also contributed to the social stability and economic prosperity in the early Ming Dynasty, and also influenced the Qing Dynasty. From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, the centralized political rule and the unified administrative system of multi-ethnic countries gradually improved.

Zhu Yuanzhang's most important achievement is to overthrow the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, eliminate riots, pacify the world, and abolish the racial hierarchy and oppression policy formulated by the Mongols. He left the village because of natural and man-made disasters, hungry and cold, until Nanjing ascended the throne. The road he and his civil servants and military commanders have taken is not only for the benefit of individuals and a certain class, just like his self-report-I am wearing cloth clothes and the world is nothing to me.