Du He didn't expect Xu Qilin to be so bold and scolded him for talking nonsense in public. His face changed. He was about to start his words, but Xu Qilin's words did not stop.

"Daughter to ask the Duke of Xiangyang County, can you tell whether Tathagata is a man or a woman?" Xu Qilin seemed to be smiling, and there was a faint look of mockery.

Du He didn't know this was a plan, so he blurted out in anger, "Tathagata Buddha is a man."

Oh, Xu Qilin pretended to be surprised and said, "The Diamond Sutra says, "Sitting with a seat" and Tathagata is not a woman, how could he let his husband first and then his son sit?"

Pubo, someone laughed out loud, but it was Liu Zhenghe who couldn't help it. After a while, more laughter started to sound. The mature and persistent people still covered up, lowered their heads and stroked their foreheads, and grinned and sneered; others laughed loudly without any scruples.

Hehe, I have never heard of this crosstalk. My memory is so awesome. I won’t talk about it later. Confucius and Taishang Laojun are all women!

Du He had anger on his face, thinking that it was Xu Qilin playing tricks on him, and said in a deep voice: "If you dare to be sarcastic about Buddhism, aren't you afraid of being punished and being sent to the eighteen levels of hell?"

Xu Qilin sneered: "Emperor Wu of Liang advocated Buddhism, and even sacrificed himself to the temple, and then starved to Taicheng to death. The retribution of Buddhism is really good!"

Since ancient times, he has not been as pious as Emperor Wu of Liang, and his influence on Buddhism is no less than that of any monk, but the ending is worse than that of anyone. This dark example of criticizing the theory of good fortune and misfortune has also hit Buddhism the greatest blow.

Du He was immediately confused. Not to mention that he was either studying Buddhism carefully or even the Buddhist monks tried their best to refute this matter, it was always difficult to justify it and make people believe it.

"There are more monks, and the country is less; monks have no monarch or ministers, are not filial to their parents, do not love their wives and children, do not serve as farmers, do not pay taxes, do not pay rents, do not conquer wars for the country, how can they help people and the people, and benefit the country and the people?"

Xu Qilin stood up, yes, he stood up, and under the eyes of the crowd, he continued to speak generously, "I want to report to Your Majesty, please suppress the monks and monks, please limit the number of temples in the world, collect copper Buddhist instruments to cast coins, collect fertile fields to help the people, and collect temple houses to shelter poor scholars in the world."

Du He was already confused. This was not only a fool to himself, but also a reversal of the rhythm of Buddha destroying Buddha!

During the Wude period, Fu Yi, an anti-Buddhist fighter, repeatedly advised him and finally persuaded Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan to issue the "Shad Destruction of Monks and Taoism", which was later abolished due to the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

Does Your Majesty feel that the power is completely stable now, and you no longer have to win people's hearts, but you have to attack the monk? Everyone here frowned and narrowed their eyes, and they were uncertain about speculation.

There were four major actions to destroy Buddhism in Chinese history, and they were called the "three martial arts and one sect".

The three martial arts were Emperor Taiwu of Wei, Emperor Taiwu of Northern Zhou, Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou, Li Yan of Tang, and Chai Rong of Zhou Shizong, all of whom were called great talent and extraordinary martial arts.

Of course, there are only two martial arts now, and it is not the turn of Li Yan and Chai Rong.

The two martial arts destroyed Buddhism and most of them were politically oriented. They both said that they were not among the Five Barbarians and did not believe in the Hu religion. They praised Confucianism and Taoism to show themselves.

At the same time, the monks and Taoist classes were too large, and households successively invested in empty doors to avoid heavy taxes, which caused great difficulties to the state's finances and recruiting soldiers. This is also an important reason that prompted the state regime to take extreme measures to destroy Buddhism, expand its economic sources and liberate the labor population.

Chu Liang had a good impression of Buddhism and scolded: "You are arrogant and dared to destroy the Buddha's temple and want to follow Fu Yi's back path? Avici Hell is just being set up for those who are stolen by Buddhism, so why not be afraid?"

Xu Qilin smiled and said, "The bronze statue is a Buddha? Where is the wood statue, the mud statue? Someone heard that the Buddha is in their hearts, and they also heard that the Buddha is benefiting people and transforming people with good deeds. Even if they are the head, their eyes can still give. If they help the people, how about a person? Someone destroyed an image and created another image, and earth and wood can be used to do so, how about it?"

Since Buddha statues are not valuable, cheap, and sincere will make them more virtuous, what's the point of replacing them? The Tang Dynasty lacked copper, so it occupied a lot of them in the temples, and they were all replaced with wood and clay sculptures, which was economical and affordable.

Chu Liang was so angry that he was so angry that he was so angry that he said that he would change one, and exchange it for copper by using the mud and mud. Why don’t you rob it?

"Destroying the Three Jewels is a person who is evil. Xu Cheng must not speak lies to suffer misfortune." An official said from the side: "When Buddha is teaching, he encourages his ministers to be loyal, his sons to be filial, his country to govern, and his family to be harmonious. Promote goodness and show the joy of heaven; punishing wrongs will reveal the suffering of hell. How can Xu Cheng say destruction lightly, and he will fall into the sea of ​​suffering."

Xu Qilin scratched his head, digested and understood the guy's words with some headaches, and then said, "I'm not going to destroy the Buddha, but to reorganize the monks and purify Buddhism."

"What's the solution?" the official asked with a frown.

Xu Qilin pondered for a moment and said, "First be aware of luxury: Today's temples have made palaces and are mostly magnificent and magnificent. One temple can be a royal palace. At the large one, it costs millions, and at the small one, it still uses tens of thousands. When transporting wood, stone materials, people and horses are constantly dispossessing countless people's achievements, causing agricultural work, and it is a big problem."

After pausing, Xu Qilin continued, "Secondly, the Buddhist sects are proficient and of good quality. Nowadays, there are many gangsters who are mixed in. There are countless people who commit crimes. They are really 'bad everywhere, who is a real monk?'"

Changsun Wuji raised his hand and pressed down, reminding Xu Qilin: "Just talk about reason only, don't talk badly."

"Yes, the boy is speechless." Xu Qilin bowed and repeated: "It should be said, 'Bald heads everywhere, who is the real monk?"

Changsun Wujici was stunned for a moment, and finally waved his hand helplessly. This is the same as if it is not changed!

Many people were laughing, especially those in the Taoist sect who attended the banquet. Liu Zhenghe had already covered his stomach and shrank into a ball, just about to roll around.

In fact, one of the two martial arts destroys Buddhas is truly destroyed, killing monks and burning scriptures, while the other is not killed. The methods are gentle, and to be precise, it should be suppressing Buddhas.

If the difference is one word, the results will be very different. If you destroy the Buddha too much, it is very feasible to suppress the Buddha and will not cause too strong rebound.

"It's so vulgar, so shallow." Du He was finally able to get in his mouth and said, "Your Majesty issued the "Edict on the Stop the Abolition of Sands and Destroy Monks and Taoists" in the first year of Zhenguan. He also respects Buddhism. If you consider this, you should punish it severely."

Xu Qilin curled his lips indifferently and said, "This time and another time, the Buddhist traits have been accumulated over time, and now we should eliminate them. Your Majesty is magnanimous, so why are you really ignorant because of your words?"

Du He stared at him and wanted to refute, but Xu Qilin immediately asked, "Dare you ask the Duke of Xiangyang County, if Your Majesty enters the temple, will he worship in front of the Buddha?"

In ancient feudal society, the emperor was the supreme existence and the highest ruler in the world. However, in Buddhism, the Tathagata was the greatest, and the monks admired the Buddha better than the emperor.

Du He is not a monk, and His Majesty Li Er is not a Buddhist. Of course he did not dare to say worship, so he spoke, "Your Majesty Nine and Five Supreme, of course you will not worship in front of the Buddha."

"Does the Buddha worship His Majesty?" Xu Qilin asked again with a smile.

Worship? Worship you. Du He said with a gloomy face, "The Buddha will not worship Your Majesty."

"Why not worship?"

Du He is stupid. This question is complicated. It is hard to say that he will cause trouble. Even a Buddhist monk with profound scriptures should think twice and answer carefully!

When Buddhism was first introduced to China, many scriptures and precepts were in conflict with traditional Chinese customs. Most of the problems were easy to solve, such as not marrying a wife and having children, not growing hair, etc.

But there is one thing that is difficult to deal with, that is, not worshiping the emperor. Some monks who are stubborn in scriptures and precepts even ask the emperor to worship the monk.

Obviously, in a patriarchal society like China, not worshiping the emperor is inconsistent with the ethics recognized by society. And Buddhism is not favored by the emperor, and at least it should not be evil for it, otherwise it will be difficult to spread smoothly.

Therefore, after Buddhism entered Middle-earth, people inside the sect had a debate about this. Some eminent monks always adhered to the principles, and most monks also agreed with it.

During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, the court issued the "Edict on the Sangha and others to worship the Lord and the Lord", but less than two months later, it issued another "Edict on the Sangha and the Lord and the Lord", which shows the tough attitude of the Buddhist forces on this issue.

But there are also many wise people in Buddhism who advocate flexibility for development and begin to loosen up on this issue and find a way for themselves.

"Know what you know, but don't know what you don't know, Xiangyang County Duke--" Xu Qilin shook his head and said regretful, questioning Du He's character.

"I don't know, please give me advice." Du He gritted his teeth and bowed his hands hatefully.

Xu Qilin nodded, expressing his satisfaction.

He glanced around the guests, bowed in a certain direction, and said loudly: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and he revived great compassion in the war, pacify the country, save the people from water and fire, and restore the peace of the people. If there is really a Buddha, your Majesty should be the Buddha in this life. What do you think?"

Your flattery makes us speechless!

Everyone was looking at each other, expressing their unconditional support for this flattery and liked it.

"Your Majesty enters the temple, how can the Buddha in this world worship the Buddha in the past?" Xu Qilin glanced at him again. I saw who dared to object, anyway, Wei trolls are not there.

"This is exactly what it means." Taoist priest Xu Huang felt that he wanted to cooperate and spoke, "During the Northern Wei Dynasty, the monk Faguo worshipped Tuoba Gui, Taizu of Wei, and called him the 'Tagatagata', saying, 'I am not worshiping the emperor, but paying homage to the Buddha'."

Xu Qilin bowed to Xu Huang and said, "The Taoist Master is knowledgeable and memorable, and the Taoist Master is profound and I am very impressed."

"Excessive awards, more awards." Xu Huang smiled and said with a smile: "Xu Xiaolang has a clear understanding of the disadvantages of Buddhism, which has made me suddenly understand and benefited a lot."

"A little crude opinion is praised by Taoist priest." Xu Qilin expressed humility again.

You two have finished it, and they still appreciate each other and are very excited to praise each other.

Realizing that someone else's strange eyes were seen, Xu Qilin finished his "cross talk", his face turned right, and bowed to Changsun Wuji, "Changsun Gong, you are shallow in your knowledge. Do you dare to ask Confucius if you said: 'Man can promote the Tao, but not the Tao can promote people.'?"

Changsun Wuji nodded and said, "It is recorded in "The Analects of Confucius: Duke Ling of Wei" that Zi Ri: People can promote Taoism, but not Taoism can promote people."

"My teacher once said: The way is promoted by people, and it is also carried out by people." Xu Qilin continued to ask: "I dare to ask Mr. Changsun, what are the differences and similarities of these two statements? "

Changsun Wuji pondered for a moment and said, "From my opinion, Hong and Xing are the intention to carry forward the glory, and these two statements are similar."

As he said that, he smiled and turned to the person in the upper room, saying, "If Xu Cheng wants to ask Confucianism, he should ask Confucius, the master. A certain classmate is afraid that it will make people laugh."

Kong Yingda, the representative of Confucianism in this discussion of the Three Deeds, was a Confucian scholar, a master of Confucianism, and a 31st generation grandson of Confucius. Who would be more qualified to explain the words of the sage than him?

Kong Yingda smiled and said, "Duke Changsun, why bother to push me out? Let's hide from my leisure time."

Changsun Wuji waved his hand and said, "The sage's subtle words of great power, and it cannot be explained clearly if he was not a Confucius offering wine. He was a little talented and knowledgeable person, so he dared not show his ugliness. How could he say he was hiding from leisure?"

Kong Yingda shook his head and smiled bitterly, but he wanted to have an opportunity to show his face and say it. He looked at Xu Qilin and said, "Xu Cheng, I have the same explanation as Changsun Gong. What else do you have to ask?"

Xu Qilin bowed and said, "You dare to ask Confucius, how can you explain the 'Tao' here?"

Kong Yingda nodded and said loudly: "The Master said: What is the matter with benevolence? Is it a saint? Yao and Shun are still sick of others! A benevolent person wants to establish himself and establish others, and he wants to achieve enlightenment and achieve others. Being able to take similar examples can be said to be a kindness."

After pausing, Kong Yingda smiled and said, "Sacred virtue is a virtue that is more noble than benevolent and can be defined as an act that benefits the people and relieves the worries of the people."

"Why can't Tao spread people?"

"If the Tao can promote people, then everyone will become gentlemen, and all life will be peaceful. There is no need to talk about learning and no need to cultivate virtue. We will wait for the Tao to be prosperous."

"Buddhist saying that it is born, and advocates giving up money and Buddha to seek wealth and retribution for the next life. Can it benefit the people and resolve the people's real worries?"

Kong Yingda pondered for a moment and said, "No."

Xu Qilin bowed and expressed his teachings, and stood up and said, "The teacher talked about the value of life in the world, talked about the spirit of positive and enterprising, and called it a sense of historical mission."

After pausing, he said, "The Southern Dynasties has 480 temples, and there are so many towers and rain. This is the master who travels to the south and sees the temples and the dynasty has changed and sighs. However, there are more than 480 temples in the south?"

After raising his voice, Xu Qilin said: "Now that we were born in the Tang Dynasty, we should cherish this peaceful rule and contribute to the country's strength and the people's prosperity. Under the wise leadership of Your Majesty, we will work hard for the prosperous Tang Dynasty."

"Duke of Xiangyang County, do you have no objection to this? Do you yearn for the prosperous Tang Dynasty?"

Xu Qilin suddenly turned to ask a question, making Du He tremble, but he had to nod and agree, "You should do this to live up to this life. Who doesn't yearn for the prosperous Tang Dynasty?"

"Can the Duke of Xiangyang County know what contributions Buddhism has made to our Tang Dynasty?" Xu Qilin didn't want to let him go, so he asked again: "Carry money and raise money in Daxing Temples and collect monks indiscriminately. He does not talk about today's enterprising efforts, but only seeks wealth in the next life. He always keeps his tofu, recites scriptures behind closed doors, does not farm or weave, and does not pay rent and mediocre people, what's the benefit of the country and the people?"

Du He retorted: "Buddhism encourages people to do good and avoid evil, and avoid mistakes. If everyone can follow it, Du will be stable. Wouldn't it be beneficial to the country?"
Chapter completed!