Zhu Yuanzhang went to the temple to worship the Buddha and asked the abbot: Do you want to kneel? The abbot responded wittily to save the life of the whole temple
As an emperor from a peasant background, Zhu Yuanzhang spared no effort to safeguard the interests of the people after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty. He spent a lot of effort to deal with corrupt officials, and even formulated extremely harsh punishments. Under the rule of Zhu Yuanzhang, half of the Qing officials of the Ming Dynasty for nearly three hundred years were born.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang's move also made him receive great criticism, and the Wenlun Group made great criticism of Zhu Yuanzhang. They believe that Zhu Yuanzhang killed too many people and was too angry.
Folk even rumors spread that Zhu Yuanzhang turned his eyes and shook his fingers to kill people. It is precisely because of this that Zhu Yuanzhang has a very big controversy.
Zhu Yuanzhang's penchant for killing is famous, and as long as the people around him are not as good as Zhu Yuanzhang's life, it is very likely that they will be retaliated against by Zhu Yuanzhang. Whether it was the civilian officials who worked for Zhu Yuanzhang or those who served him, there was not a single one who was not trembling.
Once, when Zhu Yuanzhang entered a temple when he was out, he asked the abbot a question, which immediately made the abbot feel dangerous, so what kind of sentence did Zhu Yuanzhang ask the abbot?
Zhu Yuanzhang asked the abbot if he needed to bow down before the Buddha, and faced with such a question, the abbot defused the crisis with a very tactful answer.
1. Ming Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang
Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a poor family at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and lived a very hard life since childhood, and his parents and family died. And he also had to enter the temple to survive.
After the outbreak of the Red Army Uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Zhang could have lived quietly in the temple and was not bothered by the red dust world, but unfortunately, a letter made Zhu Yuanzhang completely lose the hope of living an ordinary life.
Faced with the persecution of the people around him, Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to embark on a rebellious day with his head on his head. At this time, the Yuan Dynasty was decaying from the inside out. The monarchs of the Yuan Dynasty already knew that the Yuan Dynasty was already decaying wood and the river was dry, and seeing that there was no hope of salvation, the monarchs of the Yuan Dynasty used their greatest strength to squeeze the common people. And all the money squeezed is used to provide for his own pleasure.
After Zhu Yuanzhang joined the rebel troops, he originally wanted to overthrow the yuan dynasty with a heart of enthusiasm, but the contradictions within the rebel army made him completely disappointed, and he eventually led the crowd to run away and lay a world by himself.
The Battle of Poyang Lake laid the foundation for Zhu Yuanzhang to pacify the world, without Chen Youyi's constraints, the decadent Yuan Dynasty and the weak Zhang Shicheng were not his opponents, as long as he gave an order, the world was in his hands.
In the end, after a bloody battle, Zhu Yuanzhang successfully drove the forces of the Yuan Dynasty back to the grasslands, and declared himself emperor in Nanjing, establishing the country of Daming. At this time, the people of the world have been in war for a long time and urgently need a peaceful living environment to recuperate.
So after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang began to restore the people's strength. Zhu Yuanzhang, who had seen the cruelty of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, would not allow such things to happen under his rule. So Zhu Yuanzhang vigorously punished corrupt officials, but this also brought about a very big reaction.
Because Zhu Yuanzhang used too much force to punish corrupt officials, he often included some irrelevant people. At this time, some civilian officials jumped out to oppose, and this angered Zhu Yuanzhang even more. He felt that these civilian officials were just joining forces against him, so Zhu Yuanzhang always killed and killed through the hearts of the front-line troops. It was precisely because of this that Zhu Yuanzhang's reputation for cruelty was spread.
2. Questions and answers in the temple
Zhu Yuanzhang had been a monk for a while in his early years, and it was when he was a monk that he traveled around, met those heroes Haojie, and deeply understood the sufferings of ordinary people. Perhaps for this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang was very devoted to Buddhism after he became emperor.
Zhu Yuanzhang's belief in Buddhism played two very important roles, and the emperor led by example and personally served the Dharma, which made the people of the whole world feel Zhu Yuanzhang's sincerity for peace.
How could a person who worships the Buddha be a person who likes to kill? Zhu Yuanzhang used this method to let the people of the whole world understand the true thoughts in his heart. In fact, after he became emperor, he killed like that, first, to protect the imperial power, and second, it was also for the better survival of the common people.
Zhu Yuanzhang, an emperor from the grassroots, not only governed the world in the imperial palace, but he also often took hundreds of officials out of the palace to personally observe the people's feelings. If he encounters unfair things or corrupt officials, he can solve these things with a direct order, thus solving the difficulties of the people.
Once when Zhu Yuanzhang attacked, he went to a temple. Zhu Yuanzhang, who had always believed in Buddhism, immediately ordered the team to stop, and he wanted to enter the temple to worship the Buddha.
The people in the temple did not dare to be idle, and the abbot and a group of monks immediately went out to greet the emperor. When Zhu Yuanzhang was about to bow down to the Buddha according to the etiquette of the Buddha, he suddenly thought of something. The knees that were originally slightly bent suddenly could not be lowered anymore.
What Zhu Yuanzhang thought was that as the Heavenly Son of the Nine-Five- Emperor, did he really kneel like such a clay statue?
When he was a monk in the temple, Zhu Yuanzhang silently prayed in his heart countless times, but the miracle did not happen, the statue was always just a clay sculpture, and would not really appear to save Zhu Yuanzhang's life.
In the end, it was Zhu Yuanzhang who successfully defeated the Yuan Dynasty and those separatist forces by relying on his own strength and luck. And finally won the world's Haojie, ascended to the throne of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme. And when Zhu Yuanzhang was doing some of this, where was the so-called Buddha?
Thinking of these Zhu Yuanzhang, he was not in the mood to bow down. However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not understand this problem for a while, after all, he had been vulgar for too long, and he had been immersed in the red dust world for a long time, and he had long forgotten about the speculation of Buddhism.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang thought of the abbot standing respectfully next to him, and he asked the abbot, "Does Zhu Yuan need to kneel?" ”
When the abbot on the side heard this question, his heart was immediately shocked. Originally, I thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was just coming in to worship the Buddha, and he was going to leave in a short time, but I didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to ask him such a question.
When Zhu Yuanzhang was emperor, he was famous for killing people, all kinds of punishments, all kinds of crimes, as long as it was not to Zhu Yuanzhang's appetite, he would kill them all without forgiveness.
The abbot's heart was a little flustered, he was worried that Zhu Yuanzhang would not be satisfied after hearing his answer, in case he was angry with the monks and the temple, what could he do? This temple has been passed down all the way, and it would be a pity if it was destroyed in one's own hands.
So the abbot replied respectfully, "You are the Supreme Leader of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, so naturally you don't have to bow down." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang originally did not want to kneel, and every day watching the courtiers kneel at his feet, Zhu Yuanzhang had an indescribable sense of accomplishment in his heart. At this time, he fell to his knees in front of the clay sculpture, and he really couldn't kneel. But he couldn't lose respect for the Buddha because of his status, and if he didn't bow down, he had to find a suitable reason.
So Zhu Yuanzhang asked the abbot again: "When people in the world see the Buddha, they all kneel, and if I don't worship, isn't that a great disrespect to the Buddha?" ”
If the abbot can't find a suitable reason, then he is a bully, and then his temple and this group of monks may really be destroyed.
In a hurry, the abbot was in a hurry, and he replied, "The Buddha of this world does not kneel before the Buddha. ”
The abbot's meaning reached Zhu Yuanzhang's ears with unmistakable accuracy, and he understood that the abbot had likened himself to the Buddha of this world, and since he was also a Buddha, he naturally had a reason not to bow down.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied after listening to this answer, and after visiting the temple, Zhu Yuanzhang was satisfied and returned with his hundred officials and officials. Although Zhu Yuanzhang is gone, this good story has been recorded and preserved.
brief summary:
Zhu Yuanzhang was a very legendary monarch who successfully ended the chaotic world at the end of the Ming Dynasty with his perseverance. The Mountains and Rivers of the Han People have been restored, and the lives of thousands of suffering people have been restored to peace.
Most of the insults that Zhu Yuanzhang carried came from the killing ring after he ascended the throne, but as long as it can be understood that Zhu Yuanzhang's killing of corrupt officials is mainly for the common people to live better, I believe that no one will have too many accusations against Zhu Yuanzhang.