Xuanzang (602 ~664), whose real name was Chen Yi (Y: and), was born in Luozhou (now yanshi city, Luoyang, Henan)? , its first YingChuan people? . A famous monk in the Tang Dynasty, the founder of Faxiangzong, was honored as "Master Sanzang", later commonly known as "Tang Priest", and was also called the three great translators of Buddhism in China with Kumarajiva and Zhen Zhen.
Jian Zhen (688-763, 65438+1October 4th), a monk in the Tang Dynasty, was born in Jiangyang, Guangling (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu), a descendant of the legalist Nanshan School, the founder of the Nanshan School of Japanese Buddhism and a famous physician. He once presided over the daming temple in Yangzhou, and at the request of Japanese monks studying abroad, he traveled eastward for six times to spread Buddhism, which promoted the spread and exchange of culture.
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First, the achievements of Xuanzang
The announcement of prizes has made many contributions to the development of China culture, among which the greatest contribution is his translation of the Buddhist classic "Learning from Truth". In the 19th year of Tang Zhenguan (645), 46-year-old Xuanzang returned from India. In the next 20 years, he devoted all his efforts and wisdom to classic translation.
In Chang 'an and Luoyang, with the help of his assistant, Xuanzang translated 74 Buddhist scriptures, with a volume of 1335, each of which was about 10000 words, accounting for more than half of the total translated scriptures in the Tang Dynasty, equivalent to more than twice the total translated scriptures of the other three major translators in the history of China, which greatly surpassed the predecessors in quality.
Second, Jian Zhen's contribution
The main purpose of Jian Zhen's eastward crossing is to carry forward Buddhism and preach dharma and precepts. The activities of Japanese monks in Jian Zhen for more than ten years have achieved this goal. Due to the emperor's attention, Jian Zhen was awarded the title of "Big Monk Capital" and became the "ancestor of canon". "Since then, Japanese laws and regulations have gradually become stricter and passed down from generation to generation, all over the world."
Tang Zhaoti Temple, built in Jian Zhen, became the Japanese Grand Temple. Most of the Buddhist scriptures in Japan were handed down by Baekje monks, and there are many mistakes and omissions. In the case of blindness, Jian Zhen corrected the mistakes and omissions in Japanese Buddhist scriptures with amazing memory. Because Jian Zhen also made considerable research on Tiantai Sect, Jian Zhen also played a great role in the spread of Tiantai Sect in Japan.
Jian Zhen put Japanese Buddhism on the right track, which facilitated the government to control Buddhism, put an end to all kinds of disadvantages caused by neglect of management, and promoted Buddhism to be determined as the national religion of Japan. Jian Zhen and his disciples founded the Du Nan Legalist School, which has become one of the six schools, and it has been passed down to this day, and there is still afterglow.
When Jian Zhen arrived, he was warmly welcomed by the Japanese ruling and opposition parties. After that, he settled in Nara, Japan. Jian Zhen not only taught Buddhist scriptures, but also introduced Japanese medical, architectural, sculpture, literature, calligraphy, painting and other technical knowledge in detail, which made outstanding contributions to the economic and cultural exchanges between China and Japan.
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