Chapter 3 Chapter two

In the twenty-fourth year of Kaiyuan (the eighth year of Tianping), three Japanese monks, including Rongrui, Puzhao and Xuanlang, who drove into Chang'an, stayed in Chang'an to study.Chang'an is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, the center of Buddhism, and the home and abroad of high morality and masters gather here.Bodhidharma and Nero, who introduced Protestantism from the East India, also lived in Chang'an.Vajra Zhi Sanzang, an eminent monk of Esoteric Buddhism, entered Chang'an on the same level as Puzhao, and lived in Jianfu Temple.Wu Daoxuan painted murals in Jinggong Temple, which was also the year when Puzhao entered Chang'an.In the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan, Kaiyuan temples were built in various counties, and in the twenty-seventh year, Prajna Terrace was built in Chang'an.

Puzhao was in Chongfu Temple, and according to the original purpose, he specialized in the Ministry of Law.Chongfu Temple has a long history as a place of free learning and translation.Rizhao Sanzang once translated scriptures in this temple; Fa Zang's "Awakening of Faith" was also translated here;Not long ago, Zhisheng completed the writing of "Kaiyuan Shijiaolu" here. In order to universally illuminate their Dingbin, his opponent, Huai Su, once promoted the four divisions of the Law School in this temple, so there is some karma among the universal illumination in this monastery.Puzhao lives in the temple, and on the right side of the seat are Fali's "Four Fen Lulu", "Zhu Zong Yi Ji" written by Master Dingbin who annotated this book, Lingyou's "Supplementary Shi Zong Ji" and so on. The scriptures also explore the opposite school of Huai Su, and another school of Nanshan sect.Rong Rui thinks that Puzhao's way of doing research is a bit outrageous, but as a pure apprentice, Puzhao still goes his own way regardless.

Rong Rui devoted himself to the school of Master Dingbin in Da'an Guosi.Xuanlang centered on law in Horen Temple, and also practiced Tiantai and Pure Land.Since he came to Chang'an, Xuan Lang has also immersed himself in studying hard. He focuses on the pure land that has not yet been introduced to Japan, which also shows his personality.He has an amazingly clearer mind than Rongrui and Puzhao, but this aspect has also become his scourge, he can't go deep into a profession. After Rongrui and Puzhao spent more than five years in Chang'an, in the summer of the 14th year of Tianping, that is, the first year of Tang Tianbao, they suddenly had the idea of ​​returning to China.There are two motivations for this premature determination.The first is that the Silla monk who came from Japan recently brought news of Daozhen.Daoxuan came to Japan on a ship named Dai in the eighth year of Tianping. He was invited to Japan as a precept teacher. However, due to the shortage of monks, he could not practice the precepts, so he could only lecture on "Law Cang" and "Xingshichao" in Da'an Temple. .

The two couldn't remain indifferent when they heard the news, considering that Chang'an has been in business for seven years, ten years have passed since arriving in Tang Dynasty, Rong Rui is over forty years old, and Pu Zhao is almost forty years old. Rong Rui felt that Japan's failure to implement precepts so far was completely his own responsibility. After receiving the news, the matter of inviting precept teachers took the main place in his mind again.It's not that Puzhao doesn't feel his responsibility, but he thinks that this issue should not be rushed.His concern now is another matter.Ten years in the Tang Dynasty, he has gotten used to living in this country. He concentrates on studying every day, and his expression has become more serious. His eyes are calm, but he has added some enthusiasm. The troubles about lust are over for him.

Soon, Puzhao was unexpectedly visited by Yexing.I haven't seen him for six years, and his career has become even more miserable. He already looks old, although he is only fifty-three or four years old, his body is completely old and weak. He said that he moved to Chang'an from Luoyang two years ago and lived in the Zen Ding Temple.If it were someone else, they would have been together in Chang'an for two years, and there would always be a chance to meet or hear news, but Ye Xing was an exception. Ye Xing came here specially, there must be something to do.As expected, it turned out that his copying of the scriptures had recently come to an end, and he wanted to take these scriptures back to Japan, and asked if there was any way.He spoke vaguely, and asked several times before he understood what he meant.His voice was too low to be heard, but it could be heard that his mind was heavy.Yijing's translations have been completely copied, and now he is exclusively copying the secret scriptures translated by Vajra Wisdom Tripitaka. Except for his translations in recent years, all previous translations will be copied soon.

"You want to go back, if there is a convenient boat, do you go alone?" Pu Zhao asked. "Of course, go alone, the sooner the better." Ye Xing answered very stupidly. It is not easy to find a convenient boat. Can you still say that the sooner the better.He has always been immersed in writing scriptures, as if he never thought about returning to China. Once his achievements are completed, he is eager to return to China without hesitation. A few days later, Puzhao and Rongrui went to the Zen Ding Temple to visit Karma.Ye Xing is writing at his desk.It was different from when he was in Luoyang, here, he was buried in the scriptures he had copied, and the two stood at the door temporarily, not daring to go in immediately.In the past 30 years, Yexing has copied many scriptures meticulously, arranged them neatly, and piled them up around the scriptures, like a wall, isolating himself from the secular world.

"The last time the Tang boat returned home, I asked them to take half of it back first." After Rong Rui said this, Ye Xing said without raising his head: "Of course it's good to be able to entrust someone. If this person can't be thrown into the sea to protect these scriptures in case of danger, I can't entrust him. There is no such person, there is no way, I have to bring it myself." Although the tone was low, but he spoke extremely firmly, and Rong Rui Puzhao was speechless. Two days later after visiting the industry, Rong Rui ran over with a pale face and said to Puzhao:

"Now we should do two things. The first thing is to bring back the scriptures written by Ye Xing to Japan; the second thing is to send some suitable preceptors to Japan. Nothing is more important than these two things Yes, I must do my best from now on.” There was firm determination in his tone.When Puzhao visited Yexing for the first time, Yexing said that he wanted to concentrate on his studies, and after a few years of hard work, he knew that no matter how hard he tried, he would not achieve much, so he should have started writing scriptures earlier.What once fell on Yexing, the change of concept of mission as a monk studying abroad, now also falls on Puzhao.But Puzhao had a different idea. He didn't want to replace his academic achievements by recruiting precept teachers and copying a large number of scriptures.

No matter what Puzhao thought, Rong Rui focused on finding the ideal person and hired a precept teacher to go to Japan.He believes that as long as he shows sincerity, there will always be a few people who will be willing to be hired. He said, "We'll have to try to find a pick-up boat." In the Da'an Guo Temple where Rongrui lived, there was a monk named Daohang, who was the family monk of Prime Minister Li Linfu's elder brother Lin Zong.Rong Rui envisaged that Lin Zong would apply to Li Linfu for help in preparing ships through Daohang. Puzhao finally agreed to his plan, but there were different reasons for his agreement.For a year or so, he has been uneasy about his health. After a little work, he becomes very tired, immediately develops a fever, and his appetite decreases significantly.Rong Rui thinks that he is overworked, but Puzhao thinks it's not the only reason.Because he lost confidence in his body, he was unwilling to break up with Rong Rui and the others, and stayed alone in the mainland. Whether he could go back to the country or return to the country, he didn't know how long it would take until the next time he sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty.

In the next month or so, Rong Rui told the four monks around him about returning to Japan, and they all agreed.One of them is Dao Hang. When Rong Rui asked him to run the boat, he suddenly wanted to travel east.There are also Seng Chengguan in Chang'an, Seng Deqing in Luoyang, and Seng Ruhai in Gaoli who all agreed to go to Japan. These people were all met by Rong Rui and Puzhao after they arrived in Chang'an. Among them, it was unexpected that Daohang agreed to go to Japan, and the plan of the trip was very beneficial. Not only could he meet the prime minister through him, but also Daohang’s master was Jianzhen, an eminent monk in Yangzhou, and he could invite Jianzhen among a large number of disciples through Daohang. Recommend several suitable preachers.Although Daohang, Chengguan, Deqing, and Ruhai have studied the Vinaya for many years, they are not enough to be preceptors, so they must find someone else who has both morality and learning.

Soon, Rongrui and Puzhao met Lin Zong through Daohang, and then met Li Linfu, the prime minister of the dynasty, through Lin Zong.Lin Fu was forty years old. He belonged to the clan of the Tang Dynasty. He was born in a lower-level official. Through the relationship with the harem, he rose to the top and ascended to the high position of prime minister. It was the heyday of his life at that time.He was once rated as "cunning and intelligent, with a sweet tongue and a sword", he was good at playing tricks, and he planted the root of disaster for the decline of the Tang Empire in the following year.But this time the meeting went smoothly and things were settled easily. After the two made a request to him, his eyes were cold, and his face with thin lips was expressionless. He turned his eyes to the distance and said: "On the surface, you only talked about going to Mount Tiantai to pray for incense. Because of the inconvenience of the land route, you changed to take the sea route. If the wind is favorable, you will fly directly to Japan. If the wind is adverse, you will drift back to the mainland. You have official documents to prove it." In this way, he wrote a letter on the spot to Yangzhou Cang Cao Shenjun Li Cou, which was both an introduction and an order: "Build a big ship, prepare food and send it away." Rongrui and Puzhao decided to start from Chang'an at the beginning of winter, and Xuan Lang would of course go with them.Ye Xing went from Chang'an to Luoyang alone, and agreed to meet them at Daming Temple in Yangzhou.He has many scriptures, which are stored in various monasteries, and must be collected in his own hands before being transported to Suzhou to disembark. Rongrui, Puzhao, and Xuanlang took three Tang monks, one Gao Li monk, and left Chang'an, where they had lived for seven years. It was the beginning of winter in the first year of Tianbao.They first went to Bianzhou by land, and then went all the way to Yangzhou under the Grand Canal.On both sides of the canal, the ancient willows are withered and yellow, and the reeds beside the river have fallen away, which is a desolate winter scene. In the boat, Rong Rui was silent and silent, hugging his knees.He had a new dream, that maybe Jianzhen himself would agree to Dongyou to go to Japan as a precept teacher, so that the truth would come true, and he would bring the scriptures written by Ye Xing back to Japan. If you drop out of school and return to your country, it's just a small problem.He was very excited to get such a valuable harvest from Datang, but there was always a dull expression on his face. The closer he got to Yangzhou, the heavier Puzhao's heart became. He was still reluctant to leave Tangtu, Chang'an, Chongfu Temple, and the countless classics he hadn't read.As soon as Xuan Lang boarded the boat, he was excited. His yearning for his homeland and worries about sailing were fighting in his heart, and he became very lazy. When the group arrived in Yangzhou, it was after October.Yangzhou is a metropolis second only to Chang'an and Luoyang. There is a Metropolitan Governor's Mansion here, and a permanent interview envoy in Huainan Road.On the day they arrived in Yangzhou, they unloaded their luggage at Jiji Temple where they were staying, and immediately went to Daming Temple to visit Jianzhen. Yangzhou city is divided into two districts: one is the sub-city in the hilly area, where various government offices below the interview hall are gathered; the other is the square commercial city extending on the flat ground in the south of the sub-city, called Luocheng.The Daming Temple is located in the southwest of Zicheng. Inside the temple is the Dajialan, which is expected to hold Duoyu. There are nine-level pagodas, and it is a big temple. They met Jianzhen in a room in the temple.Behind Jianzhen stood more than thirty monks.At that time, Jianzhen was fifty-five years old, with strong bones, a burly figure, a broad forehead, regular facial features, a beautiful spirit, and a restored jawbone, showing a strong will.When Puzhao saw this Huainan Jiangzuo, a well-known eminent monk who upheld the precepts and was known as Jianzhen, he thought he looked like a Japanese military general. Dao Hang introduced them to Jian Zhen one by one.Rong Rui immediately stated his intentions: since the Dharma came to Japan, it was only limited to propagating the Dharma, and there was no one who gave the precepts. He wanted to ask the great monk to recommend a suitable precept teacher.Rong Rui told the story of Prince Shotoku again.The prince once predicted that after two hundred years, the holy religion will flourish, and now this luck will begin.He also said that there is currently a prince in Japan who believes in Buddhism and is eagerly looking for a master who can pass on the precepts. After Jianzhen listened to Rongrui's words, he immediately opened his mouth to answer.From his burly physique, his voice was unexpectedly thin and low. His tone was very sincere and had the power to touch people's hearts. "It is said that after the relocation of the former Nanyue Master Sichan, he was reincarnated as the prince of the Japanese king. He prospered the Dharma all his life and helped all living beings. I also heard that the Japanese Nagaya prince respected the Dharma. He once made a thousand cassocks and donated them to the monks. Four poems are embroidered: "The mountains and rivers are different, the wind and the moon are in the same sky, and we will send the Buddha's children to form a relationship." It can be seen that Japan is a country where Buddhism is prosperous and destined. Now Japan is here to invite us, everyone here, to see if anyone is willing to go to Japan A preacher of precepts?" No one answered.After a while, a monk named Xiangyan came out and said: "I've heard people say that to go to Japan, one has to cross the vast sea, and none of a hundred people can cross the sea. The "Nirvana Sutra" says: 'Life is rare, but China is difficult'..." Before Xiangyan finished speaking, Jianzhen spoke again: "Is there anyone else who would like to go?" Still no one answered, so Jianzhen spoke for the third time: "For the sake of Buddhism, even if the sea and the sky are far away, and the sea is vast, you should not cherish your life. Since you are not going, then I will go!" The whole audience was silent, as quiet as a pool of water, as if everything had been decided at this moment. Among the guests, only Rong Rui made a few opening remarks, and the rest had no chance to intervene.Pu Zhao felt that he was in a strange and unspeakable intoxication.More than 30 monks bowed their heads deeply, expressing their willingness to go to Japan with Jianzhen.Jianzhen called their names one by one, and the people who were called raised their heads one by one. Seventeen raised their heads, and Jianzhen stopped calling their names.In an instant, it was decided that Jianzhen would go to Japan with seventeen disciples. The Japanese monks left the Daming Temple and went back to the Jiji Temple where they stayed. From the height of the Daming Temple, they looked at the Luocheng area in the urban area.The Grand Canal runs from south to north, passes through the middle, and crosses 22 streets from east to west.Puzhao remembered a poem saying that even the soil here is fragrant.Some of the twenty-four bridges on the Dahehejiang River, the roofs of the warehouses standing on the banks of the canal, and the Dajialan, are covered in the dense shade of trees, shining coldly in the winter sun.Only now, Puzhao really felt that everything he looked at gave off a faint fragrance. He hadn't woken up from the intoxication in the room of Daming Temple. This group of people, starting from this day, took the Jiji Temple where they stayed as a base, and began to make preparations for returning home.About half a month later, Yexing also arrived in Yangzhou, and ran to Jiji Temple. Two horses and three husbands brought his luggage. On the day when Ye Xing arrived, in order to avoid the eyes and ears of the government, four Japanese monks, three Tang monks, and one Gao Li monk scattered and stayed in monasteries in the suburbs.Originally, it was already illegal for the four Japanese monks to return to China by crossing the voyage. What's more, with the addition of 18 people including Jianzhen, and 4 people including Daohang, a total of more than 20 people went to Japan without permission. In the dark. Only Rong Rui stayed in Jiji Temple, and as the contact center, Jianzhen also planned to move in immediately, Puzhao and Yexing moved to Daming Temple on the same day, and Xuanlang moved to Kaiyuan Temple. From then on, Rongrui and Puzhao met each other every day, busy preparing to cross the sea.The two brought a letter of introduction from Prime Minister Li Linfu, met with Cangcao Li Cou, and decided to build ships in Xinhe at the mouth of the Yangtze River.After the meeting, knowing that Li Cou was Li Linfu's nephew, Lin Fu assigned this important post of Cangcao to join the army to his relatives.Li Cou also got his name from his paintings. In "Records of Famous Paintings of Past Dynasties", he commented that his paintings are "sparse brush strokes and extremely charming beauty".The following year, when Lin Fu died, he was relegated to Xiangshan county lieutenant of Mingzhou because of a mistake in participating in a coup. They decided to wait for next year, the spring of the second year of Tianbao, when the wind direction is favorable, they will go to sea. Before going to sea, they will collect grain and transport it to Jiji Temple one after another. Jianzhen, whose common surname was Chunyu, was born in Jiangyang County, Yangzhou four years after Zetianwu (AD 688), which was equivalent to the second year of Emperor Jitong. There is no record in the history books about Jianzhen's childhood.Empress Wu overthrew Tang Zuo, changed the name of the country to Zhou, and proclaimed himself emperor when Jianzhen was three years old.His father once received precepts from Zen master Zhiman of Dayun Temple in Zhouzhou and practiced Zen.When Jianzhen was fourteen years old, he paid homage to Dayun Temple with his father. When he saw the Buddha statue, he was very moved. He asked his father's permission and decided to become a monk. Longxing Temple. When Shenlong was eighteen years old in the first year of Shenlong, Jianzhen received the Bodhisattva precepts from Dao'an lawyer.When Jinglong was 20 years old in the first year of his life, he made up his mind to go on a tin tour, first to Luoyang and then to Chang'an.At the age of 21, he ascended the altar in Chang'an Shishi Temple and received full precepts.The actual temple is on the west side of Zhuque Street, at the southwest corner of Taipingfang.Ji Zang, a scholar of the Three Theories, once lived here and passed away here; Gao De Shandao of the Pure Land Gate also once preached here.The preceptor is lawyer Hongjing from Nanquan Temple in Jingzhou.Hongjing was well known by the imperial court, and during the Zetian and Zhongzong dynasties, he was ordered to go out of the mountain three times to enter the palace as a preceptor. Jianzhen in his youth studied and studied Tripitaka in the eastern and western capitals.From Rongji, I learned Daoyi's "Four-Part Laws", "Notes on Karma", "Measurement of Light and Heavy Instruments", etc.; I studied the "Four-Part Laws" based on Yiwei's study of Dharma, and later listened to the Dharma from Ximing Temple's Yuanzhi. ; also Da Liang of Chang'an Guanyin Temple listened to Lishu.The biographies of Rongji and Yiwei are unknown, Yuanzhi and Fali are both disciples of the Xita sect who are well-known and knowledgeable, bearing a great reputation for a generation. At the age of twenty-six in the first year of Kaiyuan, Jianzhen first appeared on the forum and preached laws and regulations.Return to Huainan soon.At the age of 31, he taught "Xingshichao" and "Measurement of Weights and Measures", and at the age of 40, he taught "Karma Shu".He successively taught forty times the Great Law and the Commentaries, seventy times for the Law Copy, ten times each for the Light and Heavy Instruments, and ten times for the Karma Book, and taught precepts to more than 40,000 people. In Jianzhen when meeting with Rongrui and Puzhao, there is only the following record in "Tang Dahe Shangdong Zheng Biography": "Between the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River, the only one is the master of transformation. Therefore, Buddhist temples are built to benefit all living beings. There are many things that cannot be done. loaded." When Rongrui and Puzhao completed their sailing preparations for about nine minutes, they welcomed the second year of Tianbao.The big ship is scheduled to be completed in early March, and as soon as the ship is completed, it can sail as long as there is a favorable wind. In March, pirates appeared along the coasts of Taizhou, Wenzhou, and Mingzhou, the sea lanes were blocked, and public and private navigation were completely cut off.Although the ship has been built, the date of sailing has not yet been set.So, March was sent away and April entered.At the end of April, Daohang visited and said to Rongrui and Puzhao: "We went to Japan this time to teach precepts. All the people who are traveling with us are pure in conduct. There is only one person like Ru Hai, who is dishonest and lacks in learning and practice. I don't think he should be taken with him." Gao Li's monk is like the sea, and his personality is exactly as Dao Hang said, but at that time, Rong Rui and Puzhao did not accept Dao Hang's opinion.Shortly thereafter, the monastery where the four Japanese monks lodged was officially inspected.This is because Ruhai thought that he would not be allowed to go with him, so he complained to the interview room, saying that Hang was the leader of the pirates and the Japanese monk was his accomplice. On the second day after the inspection, the arresting officer came suddenly and took Pu Zhao, Ye Xing, and Xuan Lang from the bed.Rong Rui fled to the Jiji Temple pond to hide, but was still found later, and was arrested like a water mouse.Dao Hang fled into the folk house, but was found and arrested the next day. After a long interrogation, a large amount of sea food and shipbuilding were found in Jiji Temple, which became a problem.Rongrui and Puzhao argued that they were planning to go to Guoqing Temple in Tiantai Mountain by sea, but they refused to accept it.In the end, the prime minister found the document that Li Cou had given to them, proving that they were not pirates, but they were still not released immediately.Ruhai was accused of false accusation, punished with a staff of sixty, ordered to return to vulgarity, and sent back to his hometown. In Yangzhou, it is necessary to ask the imperial court for instructions to deal with the four Japanese monks, and the memorial will be transferred to Honglu Temple, which manages the affairs of foreign monks.Honglu Temple went to the temple where the four Japanese monks were originally assigned to investigate.Rongrui and Puzhao came back from Dafuxian Temple in Luoyang, where they originally lived, and said: "The monk has gone west with Yujia since the 25th year of Kaiyuan, but he hasn't come yet." Yexing's name has been deleted from the list for some reason. According to the report of Dafuxian Temple, Honglu Temple reported that soon after, the imperial decree came to Yangzhou, "Rongrui and others are the monks who entered the court to study, and they were given 25 pieces of silk every year, and they were served in four seasons. It is false. Now that you want to return to the country, you can release it, and you should follow the Yangzhou regulations." This punishment obviously had the kindness of Prime Minister Li Linfu.Rong Rui was imprisoned in April, and he was released in autumn and August.Before waiting for the convenience boat, the living expenses are still paid by the government as usual. When there is a convenience boat, the Yangzhou interview envoy will order him to return to the country.Also, a private house was allocated for four people to stay. In an accident, the plan to cross the sea failed.Soon after Rongrui and Puzhao regained their freedom, they went to Daming Temple to meet Jianzhen in private.The two originally wanted to ask Jianzhen to go east again, but Jianzhen's determination did not waver at all.Jianzhen said: "Don't worry, everything happens like this. When going to Japan, just try to find convenience as much as possible, and you will surely get what you want in the end. It's just that it's better not to use the ships and goods that have been prepared." So he set about Prepare for the second time. Jianzhen himself is determined to remain unchanged, but two retreaters unexpectedly appear among the main colleagues.One was Dao Hang, whose enthusiasm for going to Japan had completely disappeared. He said he was not in good health and packed his luggage to go back to Chang'an. The other person is Xuan Lang. He thinks it is too dangerous to cross the sea in a small boat, and he should wait until the next Tang boat is sent.Although he really wanted to go back to China, he didn't want to take risks with his companions, so he went to the embassy to apply to leave Yangzhou and return to Chang'an.Rong Rui criticized him, Monk Jianzhen is ready to cross the sea without taking his own life, why can't we take a boat.But Puzhao dissuaded Rongrui, and one night, he bid farewell to Xuanlang who was left alone in Tang Dynasty. At the banquet, there was another retreater, that is Karma.He murmured that he also wanted to give up.On the same boat as Monk Jianzhen, the people on the boat regarded him as an important person. He is a famous monk with high virtue, so of course he should be especially respected.But this made Karma uneasy.He didn't finish his sentence, Pu Zhao and Rong Rui didn't understand what he meant, they didn't know why he was upset, they only knew that he didn't want to leave with him.The two didn't make a sound, they knew that his determination was irreversible now that his karma had been spoken. After two or three days, Puzhao asked Yexing again.Ye Xing was firm and explained the reason why he didn't want to be on the same boat. He was worried that if the boat got flooded, everyone would take care of the monk and discard those scriptures. in the boat.Hearing this, Puzhao felt that it made sense. In case of danger, of course he would not save the mountain of scriptures and not save the monk. He told Rong Rui what Ye Xing said, Rong Rui thought about it, and said that he also agreed with Ye Xing's idea. "Monk Jianzhen is important, and a large number of scriptures are also important. For the motherland, both are equally important. It is better to follow the advice of the industry and not to be in the same boat." After another three or four days, Puzhao went to the Chanzhi Temple in the outskirts to help Yexing carry back the luggage.Ye Xing is going to stay in Yangzhou and wait for other ships.From a corner of the Zenzhi Temple, one can overlook the canal flowing through the plateau. The canal is crowded with countless boats of different sizes, side by side. On each boat, the boatmen are shouting loudly and busy operating. The temple where Ye Xing stayed this time had better lighting than Puzhao's previous residences in Luoyang and Chang'an.While waiting for the ship, Ye Xing must still immerse himself in writing scriptures, taking care of the poor appearance of Ye Xing lying on the desk. Seeing this bright room, he couldn't help being happy for Ye Xing. Autumn passed by in a hurry. This winter was different from previous years. The climate was exceptionally warm and there was no snow in Yangzhou. The preparations for the sea-going ship are being stepped up. This time, Jianzhen paid 80 guan for the voyage fee. They used the money to buy a military ship belonging to Liu Julin, the interview envoy of Lingnan Road, and hired 18 boatmen. The sea food is done. It was December when Liu Julin purchased the military ship. At this time, the pirate Wu Lingguang entered Kou Yongjia County, and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang coasts frequently raised alarms.Puzhao and the others felt very strange why Liu Juyan would sell the military ship at this time.The man was later charged with malfeasance. In December, the Daming Temple suddenly became lively.Those who accompanied Jianzhen, headed by Xiangyan, Daoxing, Deqing, and Situo, together with Puzhao and Rongrui, had a total of 17 people, which was less than the previous time.In addition, there are jade creators, painters, sculptors, embroiderers, stele workers, etc., together with boatmen, a total of 185 people. This time, the items that Jianzhen prepared to carry include scriptures: one piece of "Huayan Sutra" in gold characters, one piece of "Dapin Jing" in gold characters, one piece of "Great Collection Sutra" in gold characters, and one piece of "Great Nirvana Sutra" in gold characters There are 100 volumes of other miscellaneous scriptures and treatises; there are Buddha statues: a shop of painted five-top statues, a shop of precious elephants, a golden clay statue, a screen of six Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and a class of Buddha objects: a screen of moon orders One piece of Xingtian screen, 120 mouthpieces of dojo, 14 pieces of beads, 8 mouthpieces of jade rings, 50 mouthpieces of mother-of-pearl scriptures, 20 mouthpieces of copper vases, 24 mouthpieces of Chinese felt, and 1,000 pieces of cassocks. Collars, thousands of pairs of shirts, thousands of seats and beds, four large copper bowls, four bamboo leaf lids, twenty large copper plates, twenty medium copper plates, forty-four small copper plates, one foot of copper stacked Eighty pieces, two hundred small copper pieces, sixteen collars of white rattan mats, and six collars of five-color rattan mats. In addition to spices, there are 20 doses of musk, agarwood, carapace, pine, diptero, benzoin, stack, lingling, green wood, and smoked land, totaling more than 600 catties, Bibo, Helile, More than 500 catties of pepper, ferulicum, stone honey, sucrose, etc., ten dendrobium of honey, and eighty bunches of sugar cane.Other miscellaneous items include ten thousand guan of green money, ten thousand guan of genuine furnace money, five thousand guan of purple border money, twenty pieces of Luo Futou, and thirty pairs of hemp shoes. After the preparations were completed, the military ship was fully loaded with people and cargo, and sailed quietly from Yangzhou. It was a moonlit night in late December. Raise the sails and go down along the river to Langgoupu (Taicang, Jiangsu Province). The moonlight is bright red, the wind is getting tighter, and there are big waves.The boat stayed at the seaside overnight, but when it was docked, it was hit by strong waves, broke the bow of the boat, and entered the sea.As a last resort, one hundred and eighty-five people disembarked from the ship.Before long, the tide came ashore again.Rongrui, Puzhao, and Situo moved Jianzhen into the reed, and everyone except Jianzhen was submerged in the water.It was cold and windy all night, and the water was bone-chilling. The next day the wind subsided, the boat was repaired, and it went into the sea again. It sailed to Dabanshan (one of the Ma'an Islands) off the coast of Jiangsu. Been there for a month. When the wind came again, the boat sailed towards Sangshi Mountain (one of the Qushan Islands). The waves were rough, and it was easy to sail to Sangshi Mountain. The shore was scattered with rocks and reefs. The boat was washed far away to the center of the sea by the waves, and then rushed back to the shore after a while.It took a long time, but it ended up sitting on the reef.Half of the people on board finally got out of the boat, and the rest were still on board, drifting with the boat to the shore, and when the boat hit the shore, the hull broke into several pieces. When it was dawn, all the goods on board were swept away by the waves. There was neither food nor drinking water. People were standing on the deserted beach under the cliff, unable to land.One hundred and eighty-five people were suffering from hunger and cold, and spent three days on a narrow barren beach. Three days later, the wind calmed down, and a clear blue sky was seen overhead, and the warm winter sun was bright and bright, shining on this group of distressed refugees.On the evening of the fourth day, they were spotted by fishing boats and got some rice. On the evening of the fifth day, the sea patrol boat came, questioned them, and then drove away.Three days later, the victims saw an official ship come to pick them up. It was forty days after they set off from Yangzhou that they moved onto the official ship from the deserted island of the island.One hundred and eighty-five people sat on the deck of the official ship, as if they had escaped from the gate of hell, silent, staring blankly at the sea.There are islands in front of the boat, there are so many that it is unbelievable, and the sea is very calm.It was the same sea that had drifted their boat like a splinter and finally smashed it to pieces, leaving only the people adrift to the beach and sweeping away everything else, but now it had calmed unexpectedly .A large number of goods on the ship have disappeared without a trace, and all the scriptures, Buddha statues, Buddhist utensils, and medicines have sunk to the bottom of the sea. Puzhao thought, luckily he didn't bring the scriptures of karma, if he went with him this time, then his 30 years of hard work on the mainland would really be submerged in the water. Rong Rui moved behind the official ship and said to Pu Zhao: "Monk Jianzhen didn't give up his wish to cross the sun. Now he seems to take us to the Ashoka Temple in Yunshan and let us live there. He said, let's try to cross the sea when we get there." After hearing this, Puzhao was a little bit surprised. He had just been rescued on the official ship and saved his life, and immediately he was thinking about the next crossing. In the whole ship, there were probably only Jianzhen and Rongrui.Jianzhen was wearing the clothes given to him by the official ship, and sat on the deck near the bow. Behind him, sat Xiangyan, Situo, Daoxing and others who were always with him.Except for Jianzhen, the rest of them are almost half-naked.The cold sea breeze in the second half of the first month made them restless for a moment.The official ship was loaded with a group of half-naked refugees and transported them to the coast of Mingzhou. One hundred and eighty-five people set foot on the land of the mainland again.They set off from Yangzhou, went down the Yangtze River, drifted in vain among several small islands in the Ma'an Islands at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and then were rescued by an official ship, passed through the Zhoushan Islands, and brought them to a corner of Hangzhou Bay. They spent a few days in a seaside village.The prefect of Mingzhou asked the court for instructions on how to arrange them, and had to wait for the order from above, and it took about 20 days before he issued the order.Most of the personnel were sent back to their hometowns, and only seventeen monks were kept in the Ashoka Temple. Mingzhou was a part of Yuezhou a few years ago, and it became an independent state in the 26th year of Kaiyuan. It consists of four counties: Yunshan, Fenghua, Cixi, and Wengshan.Ashoka Temple is an ancient temple located fifty miles east of Yunshan County.Behind the temple is a small hill with a wide temple and dense bamboo forests. In the past, there used to be a majestic pagoda garan.One hundred and eighty years ago, in the fifth year of Jiande, there was a fire. The current hall was rebuilt later. It is small and desolate. It is no longer possible to imagine the magnificence of the past, but there are still many ancient legends about this ancient temple. There is an Ashoka Pagoda in this temple, which is why the Ashoka Temple got its name.There is a well-known legend that a hundred years after the Buddha died, Ashoka used ghosts and gods to build 84,000 pagodas. These pagodas have been buried in the soil. Now there is only one small pagoda in the temple, which is said to be 84,000 pagodas. one of. Both Rongrui and Puzhao had heard about the origin of the tower.In the first year of the Jin Dynasty, there was a Liu Sahe in Xihelishi, Bingzhou. After his death, he went to the Hall of the King of Hades. He was convicted of a crime in this world because he rode a red horse, carried a black dog, and released goshawks to hunt animals. Huiyang converted to Buddhism and found the Ashoka Pagoda.Saha went back to Yangjian to become a monk and went to Yunshan to find Ashoka Pagoda.In the middle of the night, I heard a faint bell ringing underground, dug out from the ground, found a pagoda, and built this temple. The tower is one foot four five inches high and about seven inches square. It is a small tower.Puzhao went to the Relic Hall several times to see the pagoda, one of which was with Si Tuo.Sito was twenty-one years old at the time, the youngest among his peers. He was especially appreciated for his appreciation of truth. He was clear-headed, serious in his work, and recorded everything he saw and heard.Regarding the Ashoka Pagoda, he made this record: "The pagoda is neither gold nor jade, nor stone, nor copper, nor iron. It is made of purple black, and the stories of "Jataka" are engraved on all sides. bell." Si Tuo said that the pagoda was made of purple and black, but Pu Zhao saw it as lavender.The materials used to build the pagoda, as Sito wrote, are neither gold nor jade, nor stone, nor copper, nor iron.Every time he peeks at the bell hanging in the tower, he thinks that the so-called ringing underground in the legend is probably this bell. Pufu and Situo took a walk near the monastery together whenever they had free time.This young monk with good facial features recorded everything he saw and heard in detail, as if it was his own mission. Three miles southeast of the temple, on the top of a small highland, there is the right footprint of the Buddha, and on the rock of the hill three miles northeast, there is the left footprint of the Buddha, each one foot four inches long, five inches eight inches wide in front, and eight inches wide in back. Four inches by five inches, three inches deep, and the ribs on the toes clearly appear, which are said to be the footprints of Kasyapa Buddha. On the side of the road two miles east of the temple, there is a well about three feet deep. There is a clear spring in the well. It is said that the heavy rain will not overflow and will not dry up for a long time. The Bodhisattva guarding the Ashoka Pagoda.Blessed people can see its original form, but unlucky people cannot.Someone once built a roof over a well and decorated it with seven treasures. Suddenly, the well overflowed and washed away the roof.There are many stories about this well. There is also such a legend in the temple. About a hundred years ago, in the 19th year of Zhenguan, there was Master Min who led hundreds of disciples to the temple to place orders. He taught scriptures for one month, and nearby residents came to the temple to listen to the lecture every night.One night, those who listened to the lecture saw a hundred or so Buddhist monks with strange shapes parading around the pagoda.At that time, when the listeners saw the small stupa and the little monks parading around the stupa, they all naturally became masters of the big stupa.Everyone thought it was strange and told the monks in the temple.The monk said: "This is not surprising at all. Every year on the four auspicious days, people from far and near come to the temple for gatherings. In the middle of the night, Buddhist monks can be seen parading around the pagoda, chanting scriptures, praising Buddha, and performing meritorious deeds." Puzhao was particularly impressed by the legend of the Buddhist monk circumambulating the pagoda.A picture of a little Buddhist monk walking around a small pagoda strangely makes people feel more real than any legend in the temple. Jianzhen and other seventeen monks welcomed the spring in Ashoka Temple.When the spring sun shines on the barren garden and sparse bamboos, Longxing Temple in Yuezhou invites Jianzhen to give lectures on precepts.Jianzhen accepted the invitation and went to Yuezhou with Rongrui and Puzhao.On the way home, I toured Hangzhou, Huzhou, and Xuanzhou again, giving precepts everywhere, and returned to Ashoka Temple. It was already the end of summer. Because they walked with Jianzhen, they received an education that they had never received before.This is the first time since entering the Tang Dynasty, he left the life of a solitary student studying abroad and got a mentor.The two listened to Jianzhen's same lecture over and over again, each time discovering a new understanding.In addition to listening to the law, I learned a lot.Longxing Temple in Yuezhou is the monastery where Jianzhen's master Dao'an once lived.They were there and saw Jianzhen's daily pious daily life with their own eyes.At Kaiyuan Temple in Yuezhou, I also personally listened to Tan Yi, an eminent monk who was a fellow student of Jianzhen.Later, at Longxing Temple in Hangzhou, I met Lingyi, the disciple of Fashen, the senior of Jianzhen. Not long after returning to Ashoka Temple, something happened.The monks in Yuezhou knew that Jianzhen was going to Japan and wanted to stop him, so they applied to the state officials to arrest Rong Rui, the mastermind. Rong Rui realized that the situation was not good, so he hid in the home of a man named Wang Cheng, and soon, he was still arrested by the officials.Puzhao hid in another folk's house, but was not arrested. 荣睿戴上行枷，被押送到京师去，过了约一个月，又回到了阿育王寺。原来他到杭州就病了，保释在外治病，伪报病故，又逃回来了。 受了这次荣睿事件的刺激，他们又积极计划渡日。秋初，僧人法进和两位执事，秘密去福州购买海船筹办海粮。 三个先头队出发约半月之后，鉴真即率领僧人、佣工共三十余人一队，从明州出发。他们离开郧山时，先拜别了阿育王塔，供养了传说中井里的鱼菩萨，巡礼了近处的佛迹，然后圈山到台州。出了郧山，当时明州太守卢同宰及当地众僧，前来迎送，并为在此居留了一年的鉴真等人备了旅粮，送到白杜寺。鉴真在白杜寺，叫人修缮了寺里败坏的宝塔，并劝募乡人，建造佛殿。 然后，他们到了台州，投宿于宁海县的白泉寺。次日，向天下闻名的灵场天台山出发。岭险道远，日暮飞雪，目不能视。第三天又整整走了一天，穿山越岭，到日落时才进了国清寺。 荣睿、普照一到天台山，好象见了久别的故国山河，只见重重叠叠的山峰中，郁郁苍苍地长满了松柏和樟木。 山中有七十二寺。他们投宿的国清寺，在五峰环绕中，不愧为天下四绝之一，是一处笼罩幽玄深邃之风的灵场。两条溪水从寺的两旁流出，汇合寺前。 他们住在国清寺里，整整三天，巡礼了山中的圣迹，从溪谷、高峰和蓊郁的林木中，逐一地露出宝塔和殿宇，壮丽夺目。感到把天台山高名远扬天下的孙绰《天台山赋》，远远没有写出它的雄伟气象。 他们又从天台山出发，出始丰，入临海，连日跋涉于峰峦之间。下山后，又沿灵江前进，终于到了黄岩，又取道沿海大路向永嘉郡进发。出了永嘉，便可以到法进等先头队所在的福州去了。 但在去永嘉的途中，有一晚，投宿在一个叫禅林寺的寺院里，忽然又遇到一件意外。一群官差带着采访使的文牒突然跑来。据官差说，扬州龙兴寺鉴真的弟子，江北名僧灵祐，与各寺三纲众僧合议，决定阻止鉴真赴日，向官厅提出请求，由江东道采访使向各州发文，查询鉴真等所经过各寺的三纲，探明鉴真行踪。当初，鉴真决定去日时，灵祐由予对师父的爱护，是始终抱反对态度的。 他们在禅林寺被扣了十几天，最后，决定从陆路送他们回扬州。当计划失败，很不愉快逗留在禅林寺时，普照却意外地遇见了戒融。 寺僧通知有一日本僧人来访，普照走到寺门一看，门前站着行脚打扮的戒融。戒融在开元二十四年春从洛阳大福先寺出门，已经过了八年了。他肤色浅黑，中年发胖，原来魁悟的体格，比从前更胖了。他和普照他们走的是一条相反的道，正从福州去天台山，走到这里，听到了鉴真的消息，知道中间还有日本僧人，猜想就是他们，特地跑来探问。 “啊，果然是你们。” 戒融先用唐语，以后用日语问： “你们为什么跑到这儿来了？” 普照见了戒触，分外亲切，对他讲了洛阳别后的大致经历，和多次受阻的渡日计划。戒融严肃地说： “可怜你们两位，真是太辛苦了。”然后又不胜感慨地说：“捧着宝贝，想回对海的小岛，在大陆海边徘徊流浪，简直是件怪事嘛！” “你在干什么呢？”普照问了。戒融说：“我可什么也没有干，要干什么还是以后的事。自从和你分手，一直就是跑腿。我看到过沙漠，看到过有蛇游泳的海，以后，要看的还多着呢。”然后又说：“现在，我已不想回日本了。” “一辈子不回日本么？” "Probably so." 又说：“我既无双亲，又无兄弟，干么一定要回日本？难道日本出生的人，就一定得回日本么？” 普照没有回言。戒融又说： “难道身上带着日本的血统，就非回日本不可么？” 普照仍不回答。他说不出非回日本不可的道理。自已想回去，那是自己的愿望，问题是在本人的愿望，讲道理是讲不清的。 当时，荣睿正被官差叫去问话，不在寺里，普照想把戒融留住，等荣睿回来。戒融并不怀念荣睿，只留下了话，托他代为问候，便回去了。 戒融刚走一会，荣睿回来了。普照把戒融刚来的事，告诉了荣睿。荣睿一时表示了怀念的感情，马上便消失了，多少有点生气地冷淡地说：“他和我们是无缘的人，我们认为宝贵的事，他都不在心上。他有他自己的想法，只好让他去走自己的路吧。” 他们再次踏上了扬州的土地。鉴真以寄寓方式仍住在原来的龙兴寺。渡海的队伍到此已完全解散。在一行三十余人中，鉴真只留下了自己的直系弟子，其余的人都由原地接回，普照、荣睿二人在决定住处以前暂时留在龙兴寺。 各州僧俗，闻鉴真回龙兴寺，每天有人来送供养，向他祝贺。但鉴真被送回扬州后，心情郁闷，终日默默，跟谁也不愿见面，特别对好心阻止自己的灵祐，绝对拒绝相见。灵祐为解消师父怒气，每夜从一更到五更，站在他门外请罪，站了六十天，还没有使鉴真动心。各寺僧役实在看不过去了，从中向他求情，才解除了他的怒气。 祥彦和思托二人，重新踏上本来以为一辈子不再相见的扬州土地，又见到了本来以为不能再见的旧知，依然觉得高兴。年轻的思托还有冒险的雄心，抱着去陌生异邦的梦想，但年过四十的祥彦，虽只要跟着师父哪儿都愿意去，心里却未尝不想，如果可能的话，最好不必冒生命的危险到日本去了。一年的流浪，他的沉着的脸被阳光晒黑了，两腮陷落，完全变了形相。 这次事件，受打击最大的当然是荣睿，不但计划挫折，而且觉得前途更加渺茫，使他的精神陷入黑暗绝望的境界。看看一时难有再起的机会，又不知鉴真本人真意如何，心里尤为不安。淮南道采访使责成本寺三纲监视鉴真，不许他再作出国的打算，因此荣睿也不便探问鉴真有没有再度出国的意思。 普照对这次失败，又有另一种想法。他甚至开始怀疑，应不应让鉴真这样的高僧，为去日本冒这样大的险，受这样大的折磨。现在，使他为难的更大的心事，是自己必须马上离开鉴真。一年来与鉴真共艰同苦，朝夕相处，目前要同他分离是很难受的，很想永远留在一起，但自己留在这里，官厅就不会放松对鉴真的监视，只会给鉴真增添麻烦，必须赶快离开。 荣睿和普照决定离开杨州，向鉴真提出的时候，已是到龙兴寺三月以后的事了。鉴真听了两人的提出，想了一想说： “这样也好，下次你们可以再来，为了弘法，我去日本的决心是不会改变的。” 两人从鉴真处辞别出来，谈论师父叫他们再来的话，什么时候再来呢，他们感到遥遥无期。最后的结论是，一定要等到在人们印象中再没有鉴真去日的想法之后。他们就须等到那个时候。 向鉴真提出的一天，两人入寺后第一次步出龙兴寺的山门，走过杨州街头，到禅智寺去访问业行。禅智寺在子城的一条山岗上，上了山岗再走一里半地。道旁是一带落叶的疏林，春天的阳光散落在没有人烟的郊外山岗。走到禅智寺，业行已在两月前把写好的经卷装了几箱，存在寺里，人却不知上哪里去了。寺僧不知道业行的行踪。他们估计业行写的经卷，不仅仅是放在寺里的几箱，大概他是把自己所写的经，分批存放在各处的寺院里。 第二天，荣睿、普照二人，由祥彦、思托送着，出了龙兴寺。在罗城西墙附近的双桥地方，两位日本僧与两位唐僧依依惜别，是天宝四年二月的下旬。