2. Development
When he was young, Jian Zhen became a monk, determined to carry forward Buddhism, studied under Legalism, and did not stick to sects. He has many insights in Buddhist scriptures, precepts, Sanskrit, temple architecture, sculpture and painting, Tibetan medicine, calligraphy and seal cutting. He presided over the daming temple, and was honored as the "Lord of Jianghuai" because of his law-abiding, precept by example, and secularization by Tao. Invited by Japanese envoys in Tang Dynasty and monks studying abroad for many times, he made thousands of robes and performed national virtues and monks. There are four words embroidered on the edge of its cassock:' The mountains and rivers are exotic, the sun and the moon are the same day, and the buddhas send them, and they are bound together.'
3. The author
Jian Zhen: A monk in the Tang Dynasty, the founder of Nanshan Sect with the strictest precepts, the founder of Nanshan Sect of Japanese Buddhism, and a famous doctor. The Japanese people call Jian Zhen a "master of balance", which means that his achievements are enough to represent the roof of the culture of a balanced era.
Japanese people call Jian Zhen "the pinnacle of Tianping", which means that his achievements can represent the roof of Tianping culture (compared to the pinnacle, the highest achievement).
He also made great achievements in Buddhist architecture and sculpture. According to "Journey to the West by the Tang River", Jian Zhen returned to Huainan to give a lecture. Every time between lectures, temples are built and countless statues of Buddha and Bodhisattva are made. In medicine, Boda is versatile and has excellent taste. He once presided over the Sada Hospital of Dayun Temple, treated patients and saved lives, personally prepared medicines for patients, and his medical skills were very high.
Jian Zhen enjoys a high reputation in both China and Japan. When the news of his death came back to Yangzhou, all the monks in Yangzhou mourned for three days and held a big ceremony in longxing temple to mourn Jian Zhen. In Japan, Jian Zhen also enjoys national treasure treatment. 1963 is 1200 years after Jian Zhen's death. Both Chinese and Japanese Buddhist circles have held large-scale commemorative activities, and Japanese Buddhist circles have also designated this year as the "Year of Master Jian Zhen's Awakening". 1980, under the mediation of Deng Xiaoping, the abbot of Zhao Ti Temple in the Tang Dynasty offered a lacquer statue of Jian Zhen, "Going home to visit relatives", so the daming temple in Yangzhou was rebuilt and became a major event in the history of diplomatic relations between China and Japan.