The book consists of five volumes, which are divided into inner city, east city, south city, west city and north city, and describes more than 70 Buddhist temples. Its style is to write the founder, geographical location and architectural style first, and then write related figures, historical events, legends, anecdotes and so on. The description of the scale and the outline of the rise and fall of many Buddhist temples reflect the broad political and economic background and social customs, such as Zhu Rong's rebellion, the extravagance and greed of royal kings, the exchanges between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the prosperity of Luoyang's handicrafts and commerce in the heyday of the Northern Wei Dynasty. His works are mixed with parallel prose. Beautiful and elegant, never tired of seeing it? The style is similar to Shi Shuo Xin Yu, and it is also the top grade. If you write about the stupa of Yongning Temple, use it? As for the high wind, the long night, the sum of treasures and the sonorous sound, I heard it for more than ten miles. Such as language, its majestic shape will be vivid. There are many strange stories, such as? Fayun Temple? Although the plot contained in the article is not complicated, it is vivid and concrete, vivid and fascinating, which shows the author's superb language control ability.
During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Buddhism prevailed, with many temples and pagodas and monks and nuns everywhere. Yang Xuanzhi's book was published to preserve history, and the other was to persuade senior officials to use the past to satirize the present and hide people's eyes and ears. So that today's people can linger on the occasion of Deng Qing's ancient Buddha, dream back to Luoyang, the ancient capital, observe its customs and characters, enrich anecdotes, cultivate sentiment, and prosper from generation to generation for only a moment. Fortunately, thanks to the pen of talents, they can survive in time and dare not follow the trend.
Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty is the best edition of this book, which has four editions, including Han and Wei series and Yuan Qiu. , each has its own length. Important proofreading books include The Combination of Luoyang (Commercial Press, 1930), Luoyang Galand Note (Zhonghua Book Company, 1963), and Fan Luoyang Galand Note (Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, 1978).
Yang Xuanzhi, the author of Galand in Luoyang, was born in Beiping (now Mancheng, Hebei) in the Northern Dynasties. This book is a record of the history and figures of the rise and fall of Buddhist temples in Luoyang in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The author Yang Xuanzhi is famous for writing this book.
The Biography of Galand in Luoyang consists of five volumes, which are divided into Luoyang inner city, Dongcheng, Nancheng, Xicheng and Beicheng by region, and more than 70 Buddhist temples are described. Its style takes the rise and fall of Buddhism in the Northern Wei Dynasty as the main line, dozens of temples in Luoyang as the scheme, and temples as the key dimension. First, it wrote about the founder, geographical location and architectural style, and then it wrote about related people, historical events, legends and anecdotes. While describing the size of many Buddhist temples and sketching the rise and fall, it reflects the broad political and economic background and social customs, such as the extravagance and greed of emperors in previous dynasties and the exchanges between the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The book reproduces the political events, Chinese and foreign traffic, biographies, street scenes, folk customs and legends of Luoyang, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The content is quite rich, and there are many strange stories in the book, such as? Fayun Temple? Monk Wen Tian plays eggplant, Chen Baiduo makes wine and marries a fox.
Preface to Luoyang Galand Collection Catalogue
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