Historically, there have been emperors like Jiajing who were obsessed with "cultivating immortals" and were particularly supportive of Taoism, and naturally there were also fanatical supporters of Buddhism.
After all, compared with Taoism, Buddhism's "brainwashing" kung fu is much stronger than Taoism, and this has been verified in history.
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Buddhism was in its heyday, the Southern Dynasty Liangwu Emperor Xiao Yan was a loyal supporter of Buddhism, during his reign, not only spent countless money to daxing buddhist temples, but later the direct emperor did not do it, directly ran out of the house, indulged in Buddhism all day long and could not extricate himself, became a famous "bodhisattva emperor" in history.
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You must know that in the history of our country, among the hundreds of emperors, there are almost no ones who do not love women, and the beautiful women in the world are all mine, which can be said to be the pursuit of countless emperors.
Even Li Shimin, who built the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of Han, who dealt a major blow to the Xiongnu, could not avoid the optimization of beauty, and Xiao Yan, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, Emperor Liangwu, was an exception.
Among the many emperors, Emperor Wu of Liang can be called a "white lotus" that came out of the mud and did not stain, and a "mudslide" among the emperors, who laid down the world by himself, and was played with by himself, and finally he was starved to death.
According to the Zizhi Tongjian, Emperor Wu of Liang was quite long-lived among the emperors of the past, ranking second among the long-lived emperors in China, and did not die until the age of 86.
He was born from an extraordinary family, was a descendant of the Xiao clan of Lanling, and was also the founding emperor of the Liang state of the Southern Dynasty, and the history books record that Emperor Wu of Liang was "born with strange, two crotch bones, a bulge on the top, and a text in the right hand called 'Wu'".
He was well accomplished in the fields of literature, calligraphy, and music, and was also very well studied in Buddhism and Confucianism, and as an all-rounder, Emperor Wu of Liang was not only able to govern the country, but also fortune tellers.
Originally, Emperor Wu of Liang was a general of Southern Qi, but later because of the incompetence of the tyrant, he launched an uprising, and eventually added his body to the white robe and established the Liang Dynasty.
After ascending the throne, Emperor Wu of Liang made a profound reflection on the collapse of the previous dynasty, especially Liu Song and Southern Qi, which disappeared in just 49 years, and the reign of one dynasty was shorter than that of a dynasty.
The reason for this situation has a lot to do with the strict sweeping of imperial authority during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, when imperial power was feared by everyone, but after Sima Zhao murdered the Wei emperor Cao Xian, people's reverence for imperial power completely disappeared.
In order to change this situation, Emperor Wu of Liang made great efforts, because at that time Confucianism was in decline, the nobility advocated metaphysics, and the people were more religious of Buddhism.
In order to carry out the reform of the human mind and support the development of Buddhism, in addition to his own belief in Buddhism, the low cost and fast brainwashing were also one of the key factors.
Under the rule of Emperor Wu of Liang, the Liang Dynasty was full of talents and political clarity, which was a rare prosperous scene at that time, but after the age of fifty, Emperor Wu of Liang was like a changed person, and gradually "fell into the magic" of Buddhism.
I don't know if it is because of his age, Emperor Wu of Liang gradually became lazy and lazy in government affairs, and highly respected Buddhism, even in the territory of Daxing Buddhist Temple, according to statistics, he built 2846 temples.
In order to show his determination, Emperor Wu of Liang even ordered monks not to eat meat, and the abstinence from meat was also passed down from this time.
At the same time, he himself was also devoted to the Buddha, did not drink, did not listen to music, did not approach female color, according to the "History of Liang", Emperor Liangwu "broke the room fifty outside", in 513 AD, Emperor Wu of Liang began not to be close to women.
The emperor generally had three palaces, six courts and seventy-two concubines, and Emperor Wu of Liang directly dismissed all the women except Ding Guifei.
Emperor Wu of Liang was 86 years old when he died, which shows that he had been a true monk for 40 years.
Prior to that, there are historical records that Emperor Wu of Liang once spoiled 30 women overnight, which shows that he is not lustful, but his lustful heart has not been opposed to his heart to the Buddha after all.
After the age of 50, Emperor Wu of Liang, who was really devoted to studying Buddhism, did not hear anything out of the window, and in 527 AD, he decided to become a monk, and without hesitation, he took off his dragon robe and changed into a robe.
Unfortunately, he was devoted to the Buddha, but the country could not be without a monarch for a day, and invited him back, but Emperor Wu of Liang, in order to show his piety, also changed the name of the country to "Datong".
The second time he became a monk was in 529 AD, less than two years apart, when he secretly ran to the temple again to become a monk, or the minister cried and asked him to go back.
At that time, Emperor Wu of Liang was reluctant to return the customs, and also said that he wanted to redeem himself from the Buddha, so the ministers had to pool money to redeem the emperor, and the ministers pooled ten million dollars, that is, 100 million yuan, to redeem Emperor Liangwu.
This time it lasted a long time, Emperor Liangwu insisted for 17 years, and after 17 years, he may have felt that the Buddha had no money to spend, ran away from home again, and ran to become a monk, this time the minister spent 200 million yuan to redeem people from the Buddha.
Unfortunately, people were bent on the Buddha, and when they went back, their hearts did not go back, and it didn't take long for them to become monks, and the minister spent another hundred million to invite people back.
In just 20 years, Emperor Wu of Liang spent 400 million yuan to become a monk, and the national treasury was almost empty, so he was also known as the "Bodhisattva Emperor".
Until 547 AD, Emperor Wu of Liang lured wolves into the room, and in order to save Hou Jing from water and fire, he took in this person who had rebelled against Eastern Wei and Western Wei.
People with such wolf ambitions, how can the imperial court not be chaotic, the famous Hou Jing rebellion in history occurred, and later the army besieged the city, because Emperor Wu of Liang was too capable of "doing" before, no one cared about him, and finally the rebels entered the city, and Emperor Wu of Liang was forced to abdicate.
After abdicating, Emperor Wu of Liang was imprisoned in the palace, and he who lost his power was ignored and eventually starved to death.
Emperor Liangwu, who was devoted to The Buddha, still went to see the Buddha as he wished, and the jiangshan he single-handedly laid down existed for only 48 years, and as a generation of emperors, he was starved to death, and he also became the laughing stock of the ages.
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