Originally, the Diamond Sutra did not have a classification of thirty-two articles. It was Prince Xiao Tongzhaoming, the eldest son of Emperor Wu of Liang in the Southern Dynasty Liang Dynasty, who, in order to facilitate his mother's reading of the scriptures, divided the Diamond Sutra into thirty-two articles according to the meaning expressed in each paragraph, and summarized each product in front of it. The name is also the summary of this paragraph. For example, the first product in the Diamond Sutra will be cause and effect, and this product is the Buddha's saying that the dependent origin of the Diamond Sutra is the cause of this festival, so the name of the first product is the Cause and Effect of the Festival.
Prince Zhaoming of the Southern Dynasty period was a famous talent in history, he was the eldest son of Emperor Wu of Liang, the name tong, the character Deshi, the small character Weimo, the most loved by Emperor Wu of Liang. The "Selected Writings of Zhaoming" compiled by him has become a model for literati to study literature since the Tang and Song dynasties, and even later there is a saying that "the "Anthology" is rotten, and the show is only half". Unfortunately, he lived too short and lived only thirty-one years. So why did Xiao Tong, the prince of Zhaoming, have such great talent and learning, and why did he have such a short life? This should have a lot to do with the environment and family in which he was born, and to be precise, it has a lot to do with Xiao Yan, the Emperor of Liangwu. However, there is also a historical theory that Prince Zhaoming's short life was due to the fact that he chose the wrong cemetery for his birth mother, Ding Gui.
At the beginning, Prince Zhaoming's birth mother, Concubine Ding Gui, died, and the prince sent someone to ask for a good cemetery, and just when he had begun to cut grass on this land to prepare for the construction of a mausoleum, he was suddenly stopped by Emperor Wu of Liang. It turned out that there was a land seller who wanted to sell a piece of his land to the royal family as a cemetery, and this person bought an eunuch named Yu San vice in the palace and promised that if the land could be sold to the royal family for three million dollars, he would give him one million. This eunuch saw that qian's eyes were open, and he borrowed secrets to play Emperor Wu of Liang, saying that the land chosen by the crown prince was not as auspicious as the current land to the emperor. According to the "History of the South?? The Biography of Prince Zhaoming", "The three secret Emperors of The Emperor Qiwu said that the land obtained by the prince was not now acquired by Emperor Ji, and the emperor was jealous of many years at the end of the year, so he ordered the city to be." So Emperor Wu of Liang ordered someone to buy this cemetery recommended by the eunuchs and bury Ding Gui's concubine.
However, before the matter was over, there was a Taoist monk who was good at seeing the tomb, saw this cemetery, said that this land was not conducive to the eldest son, but he could use the "magic object" to break it. According to the "History of the South?? The Biography of Prince Zhaoming," "The land is not favorable to the eldest son, and if he is disgusted, he may be able to extend it." Prince Zhaoming listened to this and, according to the Taoist priest, buried the wax goose and other objects in the position of the eldest son next to the cemetery, only to be denounced by a palace supervisor named Bao Miaozhi. When Emperor Wu of Liang learned of the panic, he dug out the wax goose and other "disgusting" things, and was furious and wanted to investigate the matter deeply, and the minister Xu Mian repeatedly advised him to give up, but only killed the Daoist priest, and the matter was not resolved. But this incident thus became a piece of Prince Zhaoming's heart disease.
There are many records in the "History of the South" about their father and son as a scholar, such as saying that Emperor Wu of Liang himself, "little but devoted to learning, Dongda Ruxuan, although there are many opportunities and many tasks, he still does not quit" ("Nanshi Liangwu Emperor Benji"). Among Emperor Wu of Liang and his sons, Xiao Tong, the Crown Prince of Zhaoming, was undoubtedly a representative figure among them, and was especially loved by Emperor Wu of Liang. Prince Zhaoming was born in the first year of the Southern Qi Zhongxing, that is, in 501 AD, and was made crown prince at the age of two. According to the Biography of Prince Nanshi Zhaoming, "The prince was born and wise, received the Filial Piety Sutra and the Analects at the age of three, and read the Five Classics at the age of five, and recited them sarcastically," and said that he was eight years old and preached the "Filial Piety Sutra" at the Shou'an Temple, and was able to fulfill the great righteousness. From here, we can see that Prince Zhaoming was a complete "prodigy", and you can see that he began to study the "Filial Piety Sutra" and "Analects" at the age of three; read the "Five Classics" at the age of five, and could recite the Great Righteousness; and at the age of eight he was able to take the stage to preach the scriptures, which is a genius.
As he grew older, Prince Zhaoming not only grew more and more learned, but also had outstanding appearance, personable demeanor, and never forgot to read. Prince Zhaoming's literary achievements not only came from his innate wisdom, but also from the family education environment of the day after tomorrow. His father, Xiao Yan, was highly accomplished in literature, and there were a large number of high-level literati around him, such as Shen Yue, Fan Yun, Xie Shuo, and others, and Prince Zhaoming himself also loved literary scholars, recruited scholars, and collected pictures to discuss and lecture. It is said that his teacher Shen Yue had a collection of 20,000 books at that time, which was said to be unmatched by the Beijing Master, but the scale of Shen Yue's collection of books was only two-thirds of that of Prince Zhaoming, and the students greatly exceeded the teacher. The literary flourishing of this time exceeded that of any period in the Southern Dynasty. Later, some people counted the writings of Prince Zhaoming, counting twenty volumes of anthologies, ten volumes of ancient and modern canonical texts, twenty volumes of "Yinghua Collection" and thirty volumes of "Selected Writings". Such a huge scale, and it was accomplished in the short thirty-one-year-old life, can not but be said to be a miracle.
The Selected Works of Zhaoming is the earliest surviving collection of Han poetry, which selects more than 100 authors and more than 700 literary works of various genres from the pre-Qin to the Southern Liang Dynasty from 800 to 900 years. Because it was compiled by Xiao Tong (501-531), the prince of Zhaoming of the Liang Dynasty, it was called "Selected Writings of Zhaoming". Xiao Tong, the crown prince of Zhaoming, loved the people politically. On one occasion, the Southern Dynasty suffered a natural disaster, and many refugees were exiled to Kyoto. Xiao Tong personally brought people to deliver food to these refugees, and many civilians in the capital city at that time were touched by Xiao Tong. Xiao Tong also ordered the relevant yamen to make three thousand sets of clothes and distribute them to the civilians in the winter. Xiao Tong, the Crown Prince of Zhaoming, was a very filial piety, and when his mother died, Xiao Tong kept filial piety for his mother. When Xiao Tong was guarding filial piety for his mother, he was so sad that he couldn't eat. Emperor Xiao Yan of Liangwu sent people to deliver food to Xiao Tong, who ate only vegetables and porridge. By the time Xiao Tong finished keeping filial piety, Xiao Tong was already very thin. Although Xiao Tong, the Prince of Zhaoming, had a high attainment in literature, he did not have much achievement in politics. Xiao Tong was the crown prince of Southern Liang and was entrusted with important duties by Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang. However, Xiao Tong did not have many innovations in politics, and he did everything step by step. Most of his staff were literati who were good at writing articles, and not many were politically proficient.
Emperor Wu of Southern Liang was a firm believer in Buddhism and built 480 monasteries in The Country, and Gu Shan built a temple? Xiangshan Guanyin Zen Temple'', the temple also built a first-floor pavilion, named "Wenxuan Building". Crown Prince Xiao Tong came to Xiangshan Temple on behalf of his father, one to avoid court struggle, and the other to carefully revise and compile an anthology. One day, the prince went down the mountain to the ancient pond of the market at that time to inspect the people's feelings. Occasionally saw a beautiful nun named Hui Ru, inadvertently talked about the essence of the Family, the prince saw Hui Ru Cai Si Min Hui, suddenly born of admiration, tracked to the Grass Temple, and then on the Interpretation of the Family Sutra is deep and unrelenting, and later many times went to the Grass Nunnery to talk about love, but because one is a prince, one is a nun, it is difficult to become a dependent, and the nuns end up thinking of each other. When the prince heard the news, he wept bitterly, planted a pair of red beans with tears, and named the grass temple Red Bean An, and left with lovesickness and sorrow. This tree once decayed into a dead tree after thousands of years to the Yuan Dynasty, but during the Qianlong period, four new branches suddenly sprouted on the main trunk, which grew until modern times, like an old tree with a dragon.
How did Xiao Tong die? Xiao Tong accidentally fell into the lake when swimming in the lake, and his thigh was scratched in the lake, and xiao Tong died soon after the wound on Xiao Tong's thigh was infected. According to the current medical concept, Xiao Tong's death was due to tetanus.