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Chapter 584 Xuanzang became a monk

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    The swords and guns are stored in the warehouse, and the horses are released in Nanshan.  After the war is over, put away all these expensive things and start enjoying the peaceful life, but soon the swords and guns will rust, the soldiers will forget to fight, and when the time comes to go to war, they will no longer be able to form combat effectiveness.

    The same is true for technology. If we do not maintain it at a loss, when it is needed, the equipment will be obsolete, the workers will get old, and we will no longer be able to continue production and development.

    Although movable type printing was invented, it was a loss-making process. Every time it was produced, it lost money.  However, the loss of money must continue, because if it does not continue, movable type printing will be forgotten again in more than ten years.

    Yunyao actually wants to promote movable type printing, but now traditional woodblock printing is very mature, and everyone is not optimistic about this printing technology that has been losing money.

    So Yunyao had no choice but to lose money and print something himself. However, if newspapers appeared, the advantages of movable type printing would be revealed.

    In today's era, if we want to spread words quickly, copying is the fastest way. Every scholar is a human copy machine.  Engraving is the mass printing of some classic books or mass production of goods.

    In short, if you lose money, just lose money. Yunyao thought that after the newspaper could make money, she would definitely send a special reporter to follow Tang Monk to obtain Buddhist scriptures. When they came back, they would send a special report to describe the various strange things Tang Monk encountered on the way to obtain Buddhist scriptures.

    Just when Yunyao was thinking about doing something big, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun found her. Although they had talked about it during the day, they only agreed to raise funds and did not discuss the details.  This time, Yunyao still couldn't be asked to come forward. Either the prince would be asked to come forward, or the emperor would come forward in person.  In short, Yunyao is still too young.

    Empress Changsun saw the sketch on Yunyao's desk and knew that this was what Yunyao had arranged for the maids to learn before. It was a very strange painting. She admired it and said: "It's really lifelike." She felt that these paintings were already very realistic.  He continued: "I remember that during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, some Buddha statues were influenced by carvings from the Western Regions and were very realistic. This should be the painting method of the Western Regions."

    "Yes, this is indeed the style of the Western Regions." Yunyao said.

    Li Shimin also took a few pictures to look through and found them very interesting: "The painting techniques of the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty are very different. They emphasize form rather than spirit. The appearance is often lifelike, but it is difficult to capture the wonder of the object."

    Yunyao thought that it was because the philosophies of the two places were different. Philosophy affected aesthetics, conduct, and development paths.

    Why philosophy is so important is because philosophy is an expression of collective ideology.  The philosophical foundation of the Central Plains people is change, while the philosophical foundation of the Western Regions is transcendence.

    Changes have made Zhongyuan¡¯s aesthetics emphasize meaning rather than form.  Because all things have changed since their birth, the shape captured by the painter cannot show the essence of a thing. Only artistic conception can express the essence of all things.

    Transcendence makes Western aesthetics focus on form rather than meaning.  Because they believe that one thing must be included in another more vast thing, and this more vast existence is transcendence.  The same is true for the soul, spirit, and all things. They are like endless matryoshka dolls, with infinite and vast transcendent space. What a person can show is only a corner of the world, and it can never be the whole.  Since it is impossible for a painter to show the whole, he can only grasp the parts and depict them perfectly.  It is impossible for any painter to paint everything, because there is a higher level of transcendence above everything.

    This is the difference, which leads to the difference in aesthetics.

    Of course, Li Shimin was not here to talk about art, but told Yunyao that he had approved the shipbuilding, but there must be a detailed plan, and Yunyao could not come forward. He had to find an agent, and the prince would not come forward.  The prince must study hard and avoid being greedy for money.  Li Shimin has arranged an agent, Yuan Shouye.

    Yunyao heard that this person had something to do with Yuan Shoucheng?  He might also happen to be Yuan Tiangang's uncle.

    This Yuan Shoucheng is the person who made the Dragon King of Jinghe change the Jade Emperor's decree privately out of anger. He is a very powerful fortune teller and Yuan Tiangang's uncle.

    Because the Jinghe Dragon King wanted to behead, he approached Li Shimin to intercede. Li Shimin agreed to forgive him, but he didn't expect that Wei Zheng still beheaded the Jinghe Dragon King.  Only then did the Dragon King take Li Shimin to visit the underworld, which led Li Shimin to have the idea of ????learning from scriptures.

    The Yuan family is quite remarkable. They are proficient in astronomy, geography, and weather divination. The Yuan family has been officials of the Qintian Prison since the Sui Dynasty, responsible for helping the royal family organize astronomy and divine fortune and misfortune.  And they are also related to Guigu, and they are considered a branch of Guigu.  They are a large force in the second mortal world. They know the existence of gods and are motivated to protect mortals from interference by gods, gods and monsters.

    There was originally no Dragon King in the second mortal world, but during the six hundred years that Yunyao was in prison, the Western Church cooperated with Heavenly Court and arranged for one.

    Did Li Shimin arrange this agent?It is unknown whether he is Yuan Shoucheng's brother, but it is not important. Anyway, it is enough for Li Shimin to say that he is smart and capable. This person will be responsible for executing Yunyao's entire plan and recording every expense of Yunyao.  With him, Yunyao doesn't have to show up.

    "Okay." Yunyao has no objection. It's okay to ask her to write a plan.

    So a huge plan started in Chang'an. Because there was a precedent and there were officials taking the lead, the funds were raised very quickly.  In the same year, the first newspaper published information about shipbuilding, knowledge about sea voyages and voyages, and information on many supply points, including Annan Pass, overseas Liman, Champa Kingdom, Zhenchang Kingdom, Pugan Kingdom  ¡­

    After that, the newspaper became something that everyone took for granted. Although not many people read it, it continued to run and the newspaper office became more and more complete.  Later, Li Shimin occasionally published some articles and used the newspaper as a political tool, which was not bad. Anyway, as long as Li Shimin gave him money, Yunyao would print anything for him.  Father and daughter settle accounts clearly, and you get what you pay for.

    Time flies so fast, Tang Monk is already eighteen years old, and this year he is preparing to officially become a monk at Jinshan Temple.  However, the abbot said that he still had some unfulfilled destiny, and he could not become a monk until it was over.

    So he told Tang Seng¡¯s life experience, saying that when he drifted to Jinshan Temple, his mother¡¯s blood letter was hidden in his swaddling clothes, and the whole story.

    "Xuan Zang, your father was originally the champion of the Sui Dynasty, but he was killed by a traitor on his way to office. You are a posthumous son. Your mother did not want you to recognize the traitor as your father, so she used the blood letter as evidence to let you go along the river. This  I just came to Jinshan Temple. If you want to become a monk officially, you must end your relationship," the abbot said.

    "Abbott, since I am determined to become a monk, I must not be attached to the Dharma, not greedy for things, and there is no need to dwell on the past." Tang Monk Xuanzang said that he had become a monk and did not care what his parents did.

    But the abbot shook his head and said: "The only way to be true is to follow the circumstances. Don't be attached to the Dharma, nor can you be attached to emptiness."

    Tang Seng was stunned, was he obsessed with emptiness?  What should I do?

    "In the past, there was an eminent monk who did not shed a single tear when his teacher passed away. But when a traveler staying in the temple died of illness, he shed tears silently, feeling sad." The abbot began to tell a story, hoping to awaken this wise man.  disciple.

    Did Xuanzang mean that this was an eminent monk?  If the teacher doesn't cry when he dies, it can also be understood as not being attached to life and death. But when a stranger traveler dies, why should he cry?  Did the traveler owe him money?

    Why does the same person behave in two ways?  Is it non-attachment or attachment?

    The abbot said nothing, just waiting for Tang Seng to figure out that only by relying on his own strength can he find the other side.

    Suddenly Xuanzang had a flash of inspiration and thought of the reason, so he said: "The reason why the teacher passed away and did not cry is not because the eminent monk was not sad, but because he knew that the teacher was a enlightened person and so he was able to go to the other side. The reason why a traveler is sad after death is  The eminent monk knows that the traveler is just an ordinary person, without prajna wisdom. After death, he will fall into reincarnation without liberation, so he sheds tears." "Master Abbot, I understand, my father and mother are both human beings in this world, and we monks should  To save oneself, one must also save others.¡±

    The abbot nodded, indicating that Xuanzang did not disappoint him.

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