Monk: those who read Guanyin can't be hurt by a knife; Emperor Taizong: Go and read it. After seven days, I will try your knife.

In our general impression, the Tang Dynasty should be an era of advocating Buddhism. Both the story of Tang Sanzang's Journey to the West and the legend of Wu Zetian's building a Buddha seem to indicate the lofty position of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty. However, this is not the case.

Before the Tang Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty was a Buddhist-worshipping dynasty. Shortly after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, an incident had a great influence on the Buddhist forces. The cause of this incident was that the Buddhist monk ordered Fu Yi to write seven times accusing monks and nuns of "exploiting the people's wealth and cutting off the national reserve" and proposing to abolish monks and nuns and reduce the number of pagodas. After learning about this, Fareen, a monk at that time, wrote an article on "Breaking Evil" and cursed Fu Yi crazily. Since then, the war of abuse has escalated, and all parties in the ruling and opposition parties have participated in this debate. This argument lasted for five years. Finally, Tang gaozu of Tang Gaozu couldn't bear it any longer, and ordered the courtiers to debate the policy towards Buddhism.

At that time, the power of the imperial court to worship Buddha far exceeded the power of opposing Buddha. At that time, Xiao Yu, the prime minister, was a devout Buddhist, and the monk Farlin was supported by the prince and was called the "hair care bodhisattva" of the prince. On the other hand, there is only one minister who agrees with Fu Yi, and there is a big gap. However, in the end, the high-impedance Li Yuan adopted Fu Yi's suggestion and issued an imperial edict to abolish the Buddha. At this time, the "Xuanwumen Change" took place, and Gaozu was forced to pass the throne, and the matter of abolishing Buddha was put on hold.

Buddhists believe that the situation has improved, but they don't want Li Shimin to continue its policy of restricting Buddhism. Although Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, was born in Guanlong, he was inferior to the Shandong imperial clan in family status, which led to the contempt of the Shandong imperial clan for the royal family. In order to raise his family status, Emperor Taizong recognized Laozi, the ancestor of Taoism, as his ancestral home, advocated the worship of Laozi in the world, and ordered Taoist priests and nuns all over the country to be in front of monks and nuns when performing rituals.

You know, even in the Sui Dynasty, where Buddhism was highly respected, the court publicly stated that it was a combination of Buddhism and Taoism, and there was no difference between them. By the time of Emperor Taizong, Taoism was first and Buddhism was second. Taoist people are even more proud. Prior to this, Zhang Sengyou, a painter in the Southern Dynasties, painted a picture of a drunken monk, which vividly showed the ridiculous appearance of a drunken monk. Taoists often like to make fun of monks with this picture. The monks were furious and raised hundreds of thousands of money, so they hired Yan, a high-ranking artist in the painting world, to draw a picture of a drunken Taoist priest to fight back. Yan's famous paintings finally came down and became the contradiction between Buddhism and Taoism in the Tang Dynasty.

In order to save the decline of Buddhism, the monk Farin mentioned earlier went to visit Emperor Taizong and lobbied him to respect Buddhism. Farin said: "According to his research, Li's ancestors have two, one is Li from Daibei, originally from Tuoba Department of Xianbei, and the other is Li from Longxi, that is, Li from Laozi." He added: "Laozi's father is a beggar, a lame man, with no ears and blind eyes." At the age of 72, I couldn't get a wife, and finally I had an affair with an old maid in my neighbor's house before I gave birth to Kun Li. " Farlin also wanted to persuade Taizong to replace Beili himself, and there was no need to recognize his family with Li in Longxi.

Although Fallin is a monk, his emotional intelligence is obviously insufficient. I don't understand why Emperor Taizong insisted on recognizing him and the Li family in Longxi. He thought that belittling Li Yong could change Emperor Taizong's mind, but he greatly angered Emperor Taizong. Emperor Taizong thundered: "It is unforgivable to destroy my ancestors, slander my ancestors, and seize the emperor to make princes!" Emperor Taizong went on to say, "In your book, it is said that people who read Guanyin can't be hurt by a knife. Now I'll give you seven days to read Guanyin, and when it expires, I'll try your knife to see if it can hurt. "

Fareen was put in prison because she was found guilty. Now she finally wakes up and knows that she is 99% dead. Not to mention that she has been studying Guanyin for seven days, that is, she has been studying Guanyin for 49 days, and she will die if she cuts it with one knife. But he is a worldly monk after all. After seven days in prison, he really figured out a way to survive. When the seven-day deadline came, Taipa sent someone to look for him and asked him, "The verdict has arrived. Have you ever read Guanyin? " Fallin replied, "On the seventh day, I didn't read Guanyin, but only your Majesty." Taizong also ordered someone to ask him: "I ordered you to read Guanyin, why do you only read your majesty?" He added, "Your Majesty has great merits. The scripture says that your majesty is Guanyin, so I only read your majesty. "

Fallin's arrogance was completely eliminated, and finally he got rid of the anger of Emperor Taizong, so he lifted Fallin's death sentence and changed to exile. However, perhaps by fate, Fareen finally died in exile and failed to escape this disaster.