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Hello everyone, my name is Xiaoyan
Xiaoyan is in the middle of a mountain today
The mountain is famous because of a character
this character
He was the first Chinese to reach India
And he's a monk
His purpose in India is to learn scriptures
In history, he is better than Tang Monk
That is to say, Xuanzang traveled westward to obtain scriptures more than 200 years earlier.
We all know the Tang monk in Journey to the West
he arrives in india
When you arrive in the West to learn Buddhist scriptures
It has also gone through ninety-nine-eighty-one hardships
After thousands of years of danger
But Tang Seng is holding a customs clearance ultimatum
That is equivalent to today's civil servants traveling
Welcome to every country
So it's pretty smooth
But this Faxian
He is just an ordinary monk
He has no endorsement or background
He relies on his own feet
Arrived in India in his 60s
And he is the first in Chinese history
characters arriving in india
So today Xiao Yan
Let me tell you the story here
Tell me about this character
Green hills cut green
Biyanduiyun
A thousand mountains wake up
The first rays of the morning sun through the mist
through the clouds
sweep the valley
This staggered green hill
graceful winding mountains
together constitute a magnificent
unparalleled landscape painting
blue rolling hills
one on top of another
like waves of the sea
Infinity stretches to the far end of the sky
Disappeared in the cloudy depths
This is located in Xiangyuan County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province.
Xiantang Mountain
Xiantangshan became famous earlier
This used to be a monk's paradise
During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, a temple was already built here.
And the name of Xiantang Mountain
It comes from the Xiantang Temple in the mountain
And the people we're going to talk about today
He is Xiantang Mountain
A monk who became a monk in the Xiantang Temple inside
He became a monk in this mountain when he was three years old
When the sixtieth year was over, they began to travel east and west to learn Buddhist scriptures.
As a result, he also became the first person in Chinese history.
people arriving in india
also in Chinese history
first monk to reach india
He is Faxian
Xiangyuan County is Faxian's hometown
in AD 399
Faxian departs from Chang'an
Through the Western Regions to Tianzhu
After more than 30 countries
14 years
In the past 14 years, he has experienced many difficulties and dangers
Finally introduced the Shakyamuni culture into China
on Chinese history and culture
had a very large impact
so that in my country's Nansha Islands
dangerous shoal
to commemorate
and Faxian
may also be
The first in world history
Characters who discovered the New World of America
We all know that Columbus discovered the New World
But the Chinese eminent monk Faxian
He predates Columbus by more than a thousand years (1080)
has reached the Americas
even Japan
The United States and France also reported the incident
So what kind of person is Faxian?
what has he been through
Let's find out today
Faxian's story in Xiantang Mountain
This group of reliefs before our eyes
It is a complete record of Fa Xian's life.
Faxian has three brothers
but in childhood
All three brothers have died
His parents feared he would die too
So when he was only three years old
Shave him as a little novice
That is, he was sent to the monastery to become a little monk
When Faxian was 10 years old
His parents died
At the age of 20 he received the major ordination
become a real monk
In the middle-aged Faxian, he sought the Dharma everywhere
he deeply felt
The speed of translation of Buddhist scriptures in China at that time
Has not kept up with the needs of the development of Buddhism
especially because of the precepts
severely lacking
Make it impossible for the majority of believers and monks to find
So that the upper class monks are extravagant and extremely evil
do no evil
This made Faxian make up his mind to go to India to seek the truth.
seek truth
So Faxian spent more than ten years
come ready to go to India
There were four other people who started traveling with him
Huijing Road
Hui Ying Hui Cub
But all four were killed in succession
When returning to China, only one person before Fa returned to China.
The route the five of them took
First go north along the Silk Road
And then through the Hexi Corridor
Then pass through the desert west of Dunhuang
They are Nanyue Congling
And then to what is today the Indus Valley
Passing through Pakistan into Afghanistan
Finally they crossed the Ganges
Reached the territory of Tianzhu
You must know that Fa Xian was already 65 years old at that time.
And he is different from Xuanzang's westward journey
Xuanzang went west with a customs clearance disc
He is received by various countries
But Faxian did not endorse
no background
He is an ascetic
So the hard work he paid
far more than in Journey to the West
Tang Seng's ninety-nine-eighty-one difficulties are much more difficult
After arriving in India
He stayed here for three years
learn from the law
Then follow the advice of the great monks
Over three years
He copied a lot of scriptures by hand
And painted Buddha statues for more than two years
in AD 412
74-year-old Fa Xian began to return to his home country
During these ten years
There are many people who go with him
But he was the only one who successfully returned to the motherland
And traveled through more than 30 countries on the way
13 years
I brought back the twelve Buddhist scriptures of Fan Wen
More than six thousand volumes
million words
He accomplished an unprecedented feat
When studying scriptures and returning to the motherland
On the way he wrote
The famous book "Buddhist Kingdom"
Although the book has more than 9500 words
But it records the traffic geography of more than 30 countries
Religious and cultural products and even the development of social economy
It is with this book
Only in our country has the historical data to study the world history at that time.
Faxian's westward journey not only expands the horizons of Chinese people
And Xuanzang 228 years later
He also because of this Buddhist Kingdom
Embark on a journey to the West
Become a legend of scriptures passed down by later generations
When Faxian arrived in his homeland
He returned to Xiantang Mountain
translate scriptures here
In Faxian's Records of the Buddhist Kingdom
Including his voyages back to the Chinese seas
and the whole process
Include every logbook
This is the first written
log book man
this logbook
Provided detailed information for the Navigator Gate at the time
Also accumulated useful sailing experience
It also promoted the development and prosperity of my country's maritime industry.
During these ten years
The severe cold and heat did not knock him down
The cliff and Gobi didn't stop him
The desert snow mountain did not defeat him
He nearly died many times
When Faxian was 78 years old
He finally returned to his homeland
He burst into tears
He proved once again
60 years of life is just the beginning
later scholars
When studying Faxian's Buddhist Records
accidentally discovered
Faxian is likely to be the first to discover
people of the new world
in history
we know
Columbus was the first person to discover the Americas
However, in recent years more and more evidence
Fa Xiancai may be the first person to discover the New World
He arrived in the Americas 1,080 years before Columbus
in the US and Japan
France and many other countries have done such research
So Faxian is not only a monk
It is also the earliest backpacker in China.
It is an unprecedented historical pioneer
Faxian also proved to the world once again
age is not a problem
what's on your mind
what you see
Maybe what can persuade a person is never a reason
but the south wall
Faxian also has
The obsession of not hitting the south wall and not looking back
to obtain the truth
return home smoothly
In fact, from the deeds of Fa Xian
He also told us
His life is a marathon
When you are not at the end
You never know who is the champion
Maybe you are confused now
Maybe you want to give up now
But you have to tell yourself you're still alive
your life is not over yet
you may succeed
As long as you have the will to fight
as long as you have life
as long as you don't give up
As long as you can hold on
He will never abandon you in this game of life
we don't climb the cliff
How to appreciate the superb scenery of the mountains and small mountains
Travel thousands of miles to see the vastness of heaven and earth
If the heart is in a deep well
Then the sky in the eyes will become smaller
Let's take a look at Fa Xian's way of learning from scriptures
His road is hard
But we must not say
We have a hard time studying now
Because that's the way you see the world
I hope Faxian's story can be touched
can impress everyone
We must persevere
After the road we should walk in this life
Xiaoyan took everyone to Faxian's hometown today
Learn about Faxian's life
This is the inspiration and revelation that Fa Xian gave us throughout his life.
Faxian is from China, he is from the world
Well, in this issue, Xiao Yan will show you this
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