Why did the Tang monk go to the west to get scriptures

Question 1: Why did the Tang Monk go to the West to get scriptures? Because after Buddhism came to China from India, there were different versions circulating due to the translation, and the interpretation was not the same, the Tang Monk went to the West to get scriptures in order to seek for the right result~Tang Taizong gave the Tang Monk the title of Tang Sanzang

Tang Monk, means the monk from the Tang Dynasty. So why did the Tang Monk go to the West to get scriptures? According to the description in Journey to the West, it was the situation that required it. Goddess of Mercy came to the eastern land of the Great Tang, looking for scriptures, and finally selected the Tang Monk; Tang Monk is a law-abiding monk, naturally went to apply for a passport to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty; the emperor of the Tang Dynasty at that time, that is, the history of the famous Tang Emperor Taizong, that this is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, naturally, is particularly supportive of the Tang Monk, and the Tang Monk and the Golden Orchid, giving him a gold silk robe and a golden mantle and a BMW, and also organizing a grand send-off ceremony for him and sent officials and soldiers to escort him. Of course, the Tang Monk did not disappoint Emperor Tang Taizong, and after ten years of suffering and overcoming thousands of difficulties, he finally retrieved the true scriptures. Therefore, the Tang Monk can go to the West to retrieve the scriptures, and the Tang Dynasty Emperor Tang Taizong's strong support is inseparable, or we can say that Tang Taizong's support is the Tang Monk to retrieve the scriptures of the most important reason. Whether it is Huawei and ZTE in the telecommunication industry or Lifan in the motorcycle industry, when their businessmen decided to send people to open up foreign markets, they were just like Emperor Tang Taizong who sent the Longevity Monk to fetch the scriptures from the Western Paradise in the Tang Dynasty, they didn't know what the prospect was and what the end would be. However, they still made the decision to send their best employees to explore foreign markets. What can Tang Taizong's support, encouragement and backing of the Tang Monk teach Chinese entrepreneurs with global aspirations?1 Prepare adequately. Prepare the material for the generals who are going to go to war, and do a good job of spiritual encouragement and encouragement.2 Adequate authorization, especially the right to personnel and decision-making power. The Tang monk went abroad, private recruitment of Sun Wukong, Piggy and Sha monk; to the emperor's Oracle given the gold bowl bribe the clerk of the western sky.3 fully trust. The Tang Monk more than ten years, the road of danger, temptation, can successfully return to the odds are very low, when the Tang Taizong consistently trust the Tang Monk, believe that he is able to overcome the difficulties, *** live with the temptation to complete the mission. These three points, enough for aspirants to identify

Question 2: Why must the Tang Monk go to the West? `` The Tang Monk was originally the reincarnation of the Golden Cicada, the second largest disciple in the Western Heaven under Buddha Rulai, with a higher status than the often-appearing Bodhisattva Guanyin, Manjushri, and Purusha. Golden Cicada Zi is the second largest disciple of Buddha, why put the incomparable noble position not enjoy, but to reincarnate as a mortal? Do mortal is just, why and then have to go through a lot of trouble to get the scriptures in the west?　This is also from the Buddha Buddha a certain time to open the altar to preach the scriptures to start ...... said that this day, the western sky Buddha Buddha Lotus high sitting, is to the disciples to preach the law, the following eight bodhisattvas, four vajra, five hundred A Luo, three thousand Jiezhi, eleven Yao, eighteen Galan are listening carefully, some also do not stop to pen to do the notes. Especially the second disciple, Golden Cicada Zi, couldn't stop nodding his head while listening to the lecture, and seemed to feel quite y about his teacher, Buddha Rulai's lesson. Buddha Rulai was quite satisfied with Golden Cicada Zi, in the end it was the second disciple, comprehension is fast. Then take a closer look, only to find that it is not so, the Golden Cicada where is nodding, is clearly dozing off. Rulai Buddha then gas came up, this is not good, clearly is not to put the teacher in the eyes ah! Especially in front of so many students, not to give him some color to see also reflects the dignity of the teacher. The penalty, suspension, write a review, these are too trivial, the gods most customary punishment seems to be relegated to the mortal world. Come on, the Buddha's brush, the second disciple of the Golden Cicada Zi relegated to the mortal world, to be a flesh-eyed mortal layman.　To say that the Golden Cicada Zi reincarnation of luck than the Pig Bajie good to nowhere, although Pig Bajie wrongly cast a pig tire, but the magic power is still there, for the memory of the Heavenly Court has not been scattered at all. On the contrary, the Golden Cicada Zi, although the reincarnation to the official family, but its magic power has been completely lost, for the memory of the past life is also completely scattered. The Golden Cicada was unlucky in that before he was born, his father, Chen Guangrui, was assassinated by thieves and his mother, Yin Wenjiao, was forcibly taken over by thieves. Lost to thieves, her husband was killed, in the face of sudden blows, Yin Wenjiao thought of death, but considering the child in her belly, she endured the humiliation to live on. Perhaps it is just as the poem says: "Death is the only thing that is difficult in the past, and Mrs. Yin is not the only one who is sad. Since the day the Golden Cicada was born, bad luck has been hanging over the heads of his birth parents.　The little monk was born, in order to avoid the thieves harm, the mother of Mrs. Yin put him on a small wooden board down the river, so the monk's nickname "river flow child". Down the river and the little Tang monk in time by the Jinshan Temple elder Fa Ming monk to stay, Jiang Liuzi from the day of birth on the day to be a monk, I did not expect that this monk a do it is until forever. The Tang monk since childhood in Jinshan Temple, until the age of 18.　Speaking of Jinshan Temple, where the Tang Monk was born, we may not be unfamiliar, "Water Margin" in the "Zhang Shun night ambush Jinshan Temple," a paragraph of the book, "White Snake" in the Jinshan Temple is even more famous, the famous "water flooded San Francisco," it happened here. In Chinese classical literature and novels, Jinshan Temple is one of the most well-known temples in China, and the classical novels Jin Ping Mei, Liao Zhai Zhi Yi, and San Yin Liang Er Pai all have records or descriptions of Jinshan Temple. Shaolin Temple rose to fame later, about also dipped a lot of Jin Yong, Gu Long, Liang Yusheng and other modern martial arts masters of the light. In short, Jinshan Temple was a well-known temple in ancient times, there is no doubt that the status of Jinshan Temple in the country at that time, probably equivalent to the status of Tsinghua University in the country's universities. The Tang Monk was a monk at Jinshan Temple for 18 years, so he must have learned some real Buddhist things, which laid a solid professional foundation for his later monkhood in the capital.　As the saying goes, "Evil has its retribution and good has its reward." Although the Tang Monk's family went through trials and tribulations, they finally came to a happy ending. Yin Wenjiao, Tang Monk mother and son recognized, Dad Chen Guangrui back from the dead, and transferred to the central government. The downside is that due to the feudal ethics of the time, Mrs. Yin still killed herself.　Regarding the Tang Monk's family history, we would like to add one more point: the Tang Monk's father was Chen Guangrui, a new scholar in the 13th year of the Tang Zhenguan reign; the Tang Monk's grandmother was Zhang, whose exact name is unknown; the Tang Monk's mother was Yin Wenjiao, and her maternal grandfather was the prime minister of the time, Yin Kaishan. Of course, the above only refers to the novel "Journey to the West" in the Tang monk, not as a historical basis. Journey to the West" is a novel, is a novel, then it is inevitable to fictionalize some things, such as the Golden Cicada Zi this person, almost no record in Buddhism, Mr. Wu arranged it as the second largest disciple under the Rulai. Mr. Wu is a man of letters, not a professional study of Buddhism scholars, so we can not go through the "Journey to the West" to understand Buddhism, just as we can not take the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to understand the Three Kingdoms of the official history of the same.　The main thread of the novel Journey to the West is the monk's quest for scriptures, so why did the monk go to the West to get scriptures?　Analyzing the book "Journey to the West" alone, the Tang monk ...... >>

Question 3: Why did the Tang monk go to the West to get scriptures? Judge Cui's repeated instructions, Emperor Taizong kept in mind. After the return to the sun, out of the list to recruit monks, construction of land and water assembly, overdose the lonely souls of the underworld. The list was circulated all over the world, and officials from all over the world were instructed to select monks who had the ability to do so, and to go up to Chang'an to do the meeting. That eliminates a month period, the world's many monks have arrived. The King of Tang then asked Wei Zheng, Xiao Xing and Zhang Daoyuan to invite all the Buddhas to elect a person of great virtue to be the master of the altar and set up a dojo. This is the first time in the history of the world that we have seen a lot of people who have been in the world for a long time.

The first day of the year was the first day of the year of the Buddha's death.

The next day, three courtiers, gathered the monks, in the mountains and rivers altar, one by one from the beginning of the election, within the election of a virtuous monk. This monk has quite a history, he is a monk since childhood, out of the mother's womb, on the fasting and precepts. His grandfather see is the dynasty all the way to the governor Yin Kaishan, his father Chen Guangrui, the scholar, the official worship Wen Yuan Temple University. He did not love honor and glory, and only liked to practice silence. Thousands of scriptures, nothing; Buddha immortal sound, no general will not. Small word Jiangliu ancient Buddha child, the name of the law called Chen Xuanzang. That is, we say the Tang Monk.

At that time, the three cited to the Royal Court, Bay Strike Zao said: "I am star of the Holy Spirit, selected by a monk Chen Xuanzang. Taizong heard his name, pondered for a long time said: but the bachelor Chen Guangrui's son Xuanzang? Jiang Liuer kowtowed and said: I am. Taizong said: really good lift, sincere for a virtuous monk with a Zen heart. I give you the left monk program, the right monk program, the world's great explication of all monks program position. With the heart and then worship Ming monk, ranked 庠黎班首, the book of the purpose, to go to the temple, choose to set an auspicious date and time, the opening of the scripture.

Xuanzang was thanked for his kindness and received the title of Daxin. Then he went to the temple, gathered many monks, build Zen couch, decorate merit, organize music. The first two are the same as the first one, but the second one is the same as the third one. In front of all the Buddhas, all the objects were in order. Selected to the third day of September this year, the zodiac is good, open to do seven seventy-nine days of water and land assembly.

With Wei Zheng's introduction, Xuanzang became the altar master. As we all know, "Journey to the West" is the story of the Tang Monk's journey to the West. So what is the connection between this water and land assembly and fetching scriptures in the west?

The origin of fetching scriptures.

The light of the fingers, but when the seven days will be, Xuanzang and table, please Tang King incense. At this time, the sound of good all over the world. Taizong that row driving, rate of civil and military officials, concubines and relatives, early to go to the temple. That a city people, regardless of the size of the inferiority and superiority, all at the temple to listen to the speech.

Just as Xuanzang on the stage, read a moment of the "Succumbing to death scripture", talk about a moment of the "Anbang Tianbao seal", and then declared a moment of "persuade to repair the work of the volume", the Goddess of Mercy changed into an ugly traveler monks came near, patting the throne and shouted: that monk, you will only talk about the teachings of the Hinayana, will talk about Mahayana it? Xuanzang heard the words, the heart of great joy, rolled over and jumped off the stage, the bodhisattva rose to the hand: the old master, the disciple lost sight of, much crime. See before the cover of the crowd of monks, are talking about the Hinayana teachings, but I do not know how the Mahayana teachings.

Out of this situation, the Secretary incense patrol hall officer rushed to the King of Tang, Taizong ordered to capture. But he recognized him, said: you are the monk who sent the robe the day before yesterday? The first thing I want to do is to get the money to pay for it. Taizong said: you have come here to listen to the lecture, you should only eat some fasting, why with my teacher nonsense, disturbing the scripture hall, wrong my Buddhist affairs? Bodhisattva said: your teacher is the Hinayana teachings, the degree of the dead can not be ascended to heaven. I have the Mahayana Dharma Tripitaka, which can help the dead to escape from suffering, and the life and body will not be destroyed. Emperor Taizong asked, "Where is your Mahayana Dharma? The Bodhisattva said: in the Great Western Heavenly Kingdom of the Great Thunderbolt Temple my Buddha Rulai place, can solve the knot of a hundred grievances, can eliminate the undeserved disasters. Emperor Taizong said: Do you remember? Bodhisattva said: I remember. Emperor Taizong said: teach Dharma teacher to lead to, please go up to the stage to speak.

The bodhisattva with a wooden fork, flying on the platform, then step on the auspicious clouds, until the sky, now the original body of the relief of suffering, supported by the bottle of willow. On the left is the wooden fork Huishi, holding a stick, shaking his spirit. Joy of the individual Tang dynasty heavenly worship, all the civil and military kneeling incense, full of monks and nuns in the temple, Shi artificial Jia, no one does not worship. The bodhisattva auspicious cloud gradually far away, all of a sudden disappeared golden light. Only to see that in mid-air, drop drop a simple post, there are a few lines on the ode - rituals on the great Tang Jun, the West has a wonderful text. The journey is one hundred and eighty thousand miles, and the Mahayana is very diligent. This sutra will be returned to the upper kingdom, and will be able to transcend the ghosts. If there is anyone who is willing to go, he or she will seek the golden body of the right fruit.

Taizong saw the ode, that is, the order of the monks: and the collection of victory, to be sent to me to obtain the Mahayana sutra to, and then by Dan Cheng, repair the good fruit. Immediately in the temple asked: who is willing to lead me to the will of the Buddha in the West to seek scripture? Can not ask, the side flashed past the master, the emperor before saluting: poor monks are not talented, willing to serve as a dog and horse, and Your Majesty to seek the true scriptures, pray to protect my king's kingdom forever. King Tang was delighted, went up to the imperial hand to help up, went to the temple in front of the Buddha, and Xuanzang worship four, said, "Imperial brother of the Holy Monk". To choose a good day, send ultimatum travel.

A powerful water and land assembly, in the Guanyin Bodhisattva ...... >>

Question 4: Why did Xuanzang go to the West to get the scriptures As early as the North and South Dynasties, Buddhist academics have begun to "an exposition of the Buddha nature of beings," the controversy. To the age of Xuanzang, the north has long been popular "Nirvana sutra", "into the real", "Vishnu" and the true meaning of the translation in the south of the "Regent", "Kusha theory", constituting the mainstream of the North and South Buddhism at that time. But Xuanzang teacher through learning, y Zhenshi and other ancient German translation is not good, resulting in ambiguous doctrine, understanding is not the same, the notes are different, on some important theoretical issues are very different, difficult to integrate. Especially at that time, the Regents, the ground theory of the two schools of thought on the phases of the different, and then went to India to seek Maitreya theologian intention.

In view of the differences in the formation of the northern geomancy and the southern regents of the Dharma, how to integrate the two, Xuanjun thinking to solve the problem. Wude nine years (626 years), at this time coincided with the Buddha monk Bo Bo arrived in Chang'an, Xuanzang heard the Indian preceptor in the Nalanda Temple teaching "Yoga Theory" total registry of the three multiplied, and then wished to travel west to seek the law, direct exploration of the original text, re-translation, in order to unify the differences in Chinese Buddhist thought. This is the reason why the Tang Monk's quest for the scriptures is a feat that has been passed down through the ages.

Question 5: Why did the Tang monk to get scriptures? Why did he go to the West to get the scriptures? Throughout the generations, its stories have been widely circulated in folklore, such as the Yuan Wu Changling "Tang San *** day to fetch scriptures" miscellany, Ming Wu Chengen "Journey to the West" novels, etc., are derived from its deeds.

Question 6: Who knows why it takes four people for the Tang Monk to fetch scriptures in the West? In order to fulfill the mission of fetching scriptures in the west, a team was formed to fetch scriptures, and the members were Tang Monk, Sun Wukong, Piggy, Sha and Shang. Among them, the Tang Monk is the project manager, the Monkey King is the head of the security team, and Porky Pig and Sha He Shang are ordinary members of the team. The general manager of this human team is Guanyin, and the CEO of the scripture-taking group is Rulai.

The Tang Monk, as the project manager, has a very tough character and extremely high principles, does not stop until the goal is achieved, and is very much supported and appreciated by his superiors (directly appointed by Emperor Tang Taizong, who gave both robes and golden bowls; and extensive support and help from all the gods and goddesses, led by Guanyin).

Sha Wo-Shang is a man of few words and a hard worker, taking on the rough and boring job of picking burdens for the project.

Sun Wukong, the leader of the security pair on this scripture-taking team.

White Dragon Horse, the Tang Monk's driver.

Question 7: Why did the Tang Monk go to the West to fetch scriptures in the Journey to the West? Xuanzang fetch scriptures background Xuanzang fetch scriptures is a feat in history, is very remarkable a great thing. Why did the fetching of scriptures happen? What was the purpose of Xuanzang's expedition? The final result, contribution and what? Buddhism flourished during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. One manifestation of this prosperity was the translation of Buddhist scriptures. People in the North and South Dynasties have encountered great difficulties in the translation of Buddhist scriptures, can only be based on the understanding of Sanskrit at that time, the use of Sanskrit knowledge to translate the classics, and Sanskrit itself is a language, so the translation is very difficult. Therefore, some people wanted to go to India to see what Buddhism was all about and what the real Buddhist texts were like. So already in the North and South Dynasties, some people started to go to the West to get the scriptures. Because of the language change, the Buddhist scriptures translated during the Wei, Jin, and North and South Dynasties were difficult to read during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, not to mention the Sanskrit scriptures. This confused some of those engaged in the translation of Buddhist scriptures during the Sui and Tang dynasties. In fact, this problem is still the same even now. The Diamond Sutra is only 260 words long, but can we speak it clearly? It is not very clear. The history of the development of Buddhism in China is also the history of the translation and understanding of Buddhist scriptures in China. Because of the lack of understanding, ambiguities arose, and with ambiguities, arguments arose, and with arguments, sects arose, so by the Sui and Tang dynasties, many sects arose in Buddhism. Religion, sect is sect, teaching is teaching. There are many sects in Buddhism that have developed slowly because of ambiguities in the understanding of the classics. There were so many ambiguities, what should we do? Some monks with great aspirations have a very strong desire: to go to India to see the real situation of Buddhism, to see how many Buddhist scriptures, to see the Middle Kingdom does not have the scriptures and how to say. Xuanzang in the early Tang Dynasty is such a character, he wanted to go to India to get scriptures entirely because he wanted to explore Buddhism, Buddhism classics in the original situation. The reason for going to India to get the sutras was to clarify the issues taught in the sutras and to read more of the sutras. As I said earlier, people who went to the West to seek the Dharma had already been there since the North and South Dynasties. According to historical records, the earliest person who went to the West to seek the Dharma was a monk in the Three Kingdoms era. After the Three Kingdoms, during the two Jin and North-South Dynasties, that is, from the third to the eighth century, there were many people who went to the West to seek the scriptures. The most famous of these was a monk named Fa Xian from the middle of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who had a very deep cultivation in Buddhist studies and a good foundation in Sanskrit. Fa Xian traveled to the west to seek the Dharma, passing through the desert and snowy mountains to the Northern Tianzhu, and then to the Middle Tianzhu. Tianzhu is now India. Fa Xian was in India for three years, read a lot of scriptures, and then brought a lot of scriptures back to his country. When he went there, he traveled by land, and when he returned home, he traveled by water. From India to the Lion Kingdom, is now Sri Lanka, and then by boat, in the sea encountered the wind and waves, after drifting around, to Sumatra, and then drifted by boat to Guangzhou, China, after drifting in the sea for a long time, only to shore, ashore to see, has now arrived in Qingdao, Shandong Province. He counted the time, starting from Sri Lanka, at sea for three years. No matter how much he brought back, this spirit of his is very remarkable. And, from then on, going to the West to get scriptures became a symbolic act of infinite loyalty to Buddhism. According to scholars' statistics, from the 3rd century to the 4th century AD, there were 7 monks going to fetch scriptures by land in one ****, in the 5th century, 61 people went to the West to fetch scriptures, in the 6th century there were 14, in the 7th century there were 56, and in the 8th century there were 31. From the 3rd to the 8th centuries, there was a constant stream of monks who left the Middle Kingdom and traveled long distances to the West to seek scriptures without regard for their own safety. Of these 169 people recorded in the history books, only 42 returned safely, and most of them sacrificed their lives. This spirit of the Buddhists was very firm, showing the appeal of Buddhism, the quest of the monks. In this case, to the early Tang Dynasty, there was a Xuanzang West to obtain the scriptures of the feat. Xuanzang scriptures is a remarkable thing, although he is not the first to go to the sky to obtain the scriptures of the monks, but his achievements are particularly large, the impact is particularly large, with the cultural significance of the particularly far-reaching. Xuanzang to take the scriptures, one is to solve the doubts in the scriptures, and then another is that at that time, the eastern part of the scriptures are too little, he wants to see more scriptures. Therefore, Xuanzang's quest for the sutras was also a continuation of the tradition of constantly seeking the Dharma in the West since the 3rd century AD. His decision to go to the West to get the scriptures was, in our common parlance, a quest for truth. Religion, whether it can be called truth or not, is the pursuit of truth for its followers. This pursuit of truth, as seen in the 3rd century's quest for scriptures in the West, is a virtue of our Chinese nation. Tang Dynasty Buddhist scriptures are even more difficult to read, Xuanzang's a disciple Hui Li said in a book, the people of the Buddhist scriptures is "the sage of the unaware, today's **** doubt", that is to say, the North and South Dynasties when the sage did not ...... >>

Question 8: Why did the Tang Monk in the Journey to the West go to the Western Heaven to get the scriptures There are a variety of reasons:

1, the royal delay: suffered from the harassment of the souls of the wrongdoers, the need for the Mahayana scriptures to Purdue the souls of the wrongdoers.

2, Buddha side: the Golden Cicada has been full of ten robberies, it is time to come back.

3, the personal side: Master Xuanzang himself has this big wish, this is also the historical real reason.

4, Guanyin aspect: delivery, by the way, the original belongs to the Taoist a few people talent dig over: Qitian Da Sheng, Tianpeng Yuanshuai, Rolling Curtain generals, the Dragon King Prince

Problem 9: why the Tang monk went to the West to get the scriptures Because Buddhism from India to China, after the translation of the reasons circulated in different versions, interpretations are not the same, the Tang monk went to the West to get the scriptures for the sake of seeking the right results ~ Tang Taizong The Tang Monk was given the title of Tang Sanzang

Tang Monk, meaning a monk from the Tang Dynasty. So why did the Tang Monk go to the West to get scriptures? According to the description in Journey to the West, it was the situation that required it. Goddess of Mercy came to the eastern land of the Great Tang, looking for scriptures, and finally selected the Tang Monk; Tang Monk is a law-abiding monk, naturally went to apply for a passport to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty; the emperor of the Tang Dynasty at that time, that is, the history of the famous Tang Emperor Taizong, that this is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, naturally, is particularly supportive of the Tang Monk, and the Tang Monk and the Golden Orchid, giving him a gold silk robe and a golden mantle and a BMW, and also organizing a grand send-off ceremony for him and sent officials and soldiers to escort him. Of course, the Tang Monk did not disappoint Emperor Tang Taizong, and after ten years of suffering and overcoming thousands of difficulties, he finally retrieved the true scriptures. Therefore, the Tang Monk can go to the West to retrieve the scriptures, and the Tang Dynasty Emperor Tang Taizong's strong support is inseparable, or we can say that Tang Taizong's support is the Tang Monk to retrieve the scriptures of the most important reason. Whether it is Huawei and ZTE in the telecommunication industry or Lifan in the motorcycle industry, when their businessmen decided to send people to develop foreign markets, they were just like Emperor Tang Taizong who sent the Longevity Monk to fetch the scriptures from the Western Paradise in the Tang Dynasty, they didn't know what the prospect was and what would be the end of the journey. However, they still made the decision to send their best employees to explore foreign markets. What can Tang Taizong's support, encouragement and backing of the Tang Monk teach Chinese entrepreneurs with global aspirations?1 Prepare adequately. Prepare the material for the generals who are going to go to war, and do a good job of spiritual encouragement and encouragement.2 Adequate authorization, especially the right to personnel and decision-making power. The Tang monk went abroad, private recruitment of Sun Wukong, Piggy and Sha monk; to the emperor's Oracle given the gold bowl bribe the clerk of the western sky.3 fully trust. The Tang Monk more than ten years, the road of danger, temptation, can successfully return to the odds are very low, when the Tang Taizong consistently trust the Tang Monk, believe that he can overcome the difficulties, *** live with the temptation to complete the mission. These three points, enough for aspirants to identify

Question 10: Why must the Tang Monk go to the West? `` The Tang Monk was originally the reincarnation of the Golden Cicada, the second largest disciple under the Buddha Rulai in the Western Heaven, with a higher status than the often-appearing Guanyin Bodhisattva, Manjushri Bodhisattva, and Puxian Bodhisattva. Golden Cicada Zi is the Buddha's second largest disciple, why put the incomparable noble position not enjoy, but to reincarnate as a mortal? Do mortal is just, why and then have to go through a lot of trouble to get the scriptures in the west?　This is also from the Buddha Buddha a certain time to open the altar to preach the scriptures to start ...... said that this day, the western sky Buddha Buddha Lotus high sitting, is to the disciples to preach the law, the following eight bodhisattvas, four vajra, five hundred A Luo, three thousand Jiezhi, eleven Yao, eighteen Galan are listening carefully, some also do not stop to pen to do the notes. Especially the second disciple, Golden Cicada Zi, couldn't stop nodding his head while listening to the lecture, and seemed to feel quite y about his teacher, Buddha Rulai's lesson. Buddha Rulai was quite satisfied with Golden Cicada Zi, in the end it was the second disciple, comprehension is fast. Then take a closer look, only to find that it is not so, the Golden Cicada where is nodding, is clearly dozing off. Rulai Buddha then gas came up, this is not good, clearly is not put in the eyes of the teacher ah! Especially in front of so many students, not to give him some color to see also reflects the dignity of the teacher. The penalty, suspension, write a review, these are too trivial, the gods most customary punishment seems to be relegated to the mortal world. Come on, the Buddha's brush, the second disciple of the Golden Cicada Zi relegated to the mortal world, to be a flesh-eyed mortal layman.　To say that the Golden Cicada Zi reincarnation of luck than the Pig Bajie good to nowhere, although Pig Bajie wrongly cast a pig tire, but the magic power is still there, for the memory of the Heavenly Court has not been scattered at all. On the contrary, the Golden Cicada Zi, although the reincarnation to the official family, but its magic power has been completely lost, for the memory of the past life is also completely scattered. The Golden Cicada was unlucky in that before he was born, his father, Chen Guangrui, was assassinated by thieves, and his mother, Yin Wenjiao, was forcibly taken over by thieves. Lost to thieves, her husband was killed, in the face of sudden blows, Yin Wenjiao thought of death, but considering the child in her belly, she endured the humiliation to live on. Perhaps it is just as the poem says: "Death is the only thing that is difficult in the past, and Mrs. Yin is not the only one who is sad. Since the day the Golden Cicada was born, bad luck has been hanging over the heads of his birth parents.　The little monk was born, in order to avoid the thieves harm, the mother of Mrs. Yin put him on a small wooden board down the river, so the monk's nickname "river flow child". Down the river, the little Tang monk in time by the Jinshan Temple elder Fa Ming monk to stay, Jiang Liuzi from the day of birth on the monk, I did not expect this monk to do is until forever. The Tang monk since childhood in Jinshan Temple, until the age of 18.　Speaking of Jinshan Temple, where the Tang Monk was born, we may not be unfamiliar, "Water Margin" in the "Zhang Shun night ambush Jinshan Temple," a paragraph of the book, "White Snake" in the Jinshan Temple is even more famous, the famous "water flooded San Francisco," it happened here. In Chinese classical literature and novels, Jinshan Temple is one of the most well-known temples in China, and the classical novels Jin Ping Mei, Liao Zhai Zhiyi, and San Yin Liang Er Pai all have records or descriptions of Jinshan Temple. Shaolin Temple rose to fame later, about also dipped a lot of Jin Yong, Gu Long, Liang Yusheng and other modern martial arts masters of the light. In short, Jinshan Temple was a well-known temple in ancient times, there is no doubt that the status of Jinshan Temple in the country at that time, probably equivalent to the status of Tsinghua University in the country's universities. The Tang Monk was a monk at Jinshan Temple for 18 years, so he must have learned some real Buddhist things, which laid a solid professional foundation for his later monkhood in the capital.　As the saying goes, "Evil has its retribution and good has its reward." Although the Tang Monk's family went through trials and tribulations, they finally came to a happy ending. Yin Wenjiao, Tang Monk mother and son recognized, Dad Chen Guangrui back from the dead, and transferred to the central government. The downside is that due to the feudal ethics of the time, Mrs. Yin still killed herself.　Regarding the Tang Monk's family history, we would like to add one more point: the Tang Monk's father was Chen Guangrui, a new scholar in the 13th year of the Tang Zhenguan reign; the Tang Monk's grandmother was Zhang, whose exact name is unknown; the Tang Monk's mother was Yin Wenjiao, and her maternal grandfather was the prime minister of the time, Yin Kaishan. Of course, the above only refers to the novel "Journey to the West" in the Tang monk, not as a historical basis. Journey to the West" is a novel, is a novel, then it is inevitable to fictionalize some things, such as the Golden Cicada Zi this person, almost no record in Buddhism, Mr. Wu arranged it as the second largest disciple under the Rulai. Mr. Wu is a man of letters, not a professional study of Buddhism scholars, so we can not go through the "Journey to the West" to understand Buddhism, just as we can not take the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to understand the Three Kingdoms of the official history of the same.　The main thread of the novel Journey to the West is the monk's quest for scriptures, so why did the monk go to the West to get scriptures?　Simply from the "Journey to the West" this book on the analysis, the Tang monk ...... >>