Why do Buddhists want the Tang Dynasty to go to the West to learn scriptures, to figure this out, we have to go back to the original work, the source of this project of "Learning Scriptures from the West" is neither Tang Seng seeking truth and faithfulness, nor is it compassion and great love, but Tang Taizong Li Shimin was intimidated by the gods and Buddhas in turn, and made a helpless move under the desire to survive, what is Li Shimin's desire to survive?
In the original work of "Journey to the West", Tang Seng said in front of Li Shimin, "The poor monk is not talented, and he is willing to follow the work of dogs and horses, seek the true scriptures with His Majesty, and pray for the eternal stability of my king's country", and protect the Tang Dynasty forever, which is the purpose of Tang Seng to learn scriptures.
Tang Seng was born in the family of the eunuch, the family was unfortunate, his father was killed by gangsters, his mother was taken away, Tang Seng knew his life experience, felt sad for his parents, decisively suspended the monk, went to the capital to find his prime minister's grandfather, and his grandfather went out to Jiangzhou to kill the thief who killed his father, and later Tang Seng was obsessed with Buddhism, and continued to practice in Jinshan Temple.
Tang Seng was born in a family of prime ministers, he thought in his bones that he was a courtier who served the country, and then he was a monk.
Back to the original work of "Journey to the West", in the sixth chapter, if you come to think: Those who are in the south of the province are greedy and lustful, killing and fighting, and the so-called tongue murder field, the sea of right and wrong, I now have the Three Tibetan scriptures, which can persuade people to be good. Guanyin was ordered to go to the Tang Dynasty to find someone to learn the scriptures, and so far the ** of the Western Heaven began to turn.
Guanyin and Muzha went to the Tang Dynasty to lead the order to the Tang Dynasty to find the scriptures, all the way to the Sha Seng, Bajie, Wukong and Bailong, the basic team of the scriptures has been set up, no matter who leads the scriptures, the team to learn the scriptures are these people, because they are all guilty people, and eager to have meritorious atonement for their sins, which is more convenient for the control of heaven and the Buddha.
After Guanyin moved into the Land Temple, he carefully designed a bureau for Tang Taizong, and it was this bureau that forced Tang Taizong into a desperate situation. I had to go to the west to learn the scriptures. Guanyin invited two "actors", pretending to be ordinary woodcutters and fishermen, the two chanted poems against each other, brilliant writing, after a day of argument, the fisherman proudly said: I know a fortune teller in the city Yuan Shoucheng, as long as I give him a golden carp, you can get the correct position of the net, every day full load, after being heard by the Yaksha, report to the Dragon King, if this is the case every day, my Jing River water tribe is not beaten up, the Dragon King on this, go to the city to meet Yuan Shoucheng.
The Dragon King turned into a white-clothed showman and went to Chang'an City to visit, and on the crowded Ximen Street, the Dragon King of Jinghe met Yuan Shoucheng, who made him hate. The book introduces Yuan Shoucheng as follows: "can know the geography of the sky, know the ghost's expression, really the future, the past, look like a moon mirror" at this time in Chang'an City can have this heavenly cultivation of the cultivation of Guanyin Bodhisattva alone, under the damn competitive heart Jinghe Dragon King and his bet on the rain hour points, the Dragon King went back to receive the Jade Emperor's holy decree, and Yuan Shoucheng is no different, as the temperament of the dragon Jinghe Longshan, actually modified the Jade Emperor's holy decree, modified the afternoon hour.
After the rain in Chang'an, the Dragon King of Jinghe raised Yuan Shoucheng's stall with the attitude of a winner, and shouted to get out of Chang'an City. Yuan Shoucheng laughed, "You violated the edict of the Jade Emperor, changed the time, and counted points, I am afraid that on the dragon platform, it will be inevitable to slash a knife, and you dare to scold me here", this time the Dragon King was really scared, and immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, asking for help. Why is the attitude of the Dragon King of the two hexagrams completely different, the first time he calculated the hour of rain, he only thought that he was a supernumerary master who could communicate with the sewers of the heavenly court, and the supernumerary was just a supernumerary, and it was not surprising that the world was so big. In the world of "Journey to the West", "people have a thought, and heaven and earth know everything", Yuan Shoucheng calculated that he wanted to go to "Cutting Dragon Platform", which is not just a news dealer. The Dragon King understood that he was well versed in the laws of Heavenly Court's operation, and could even decide the decisions of Heavenly Court, so it was very reasonable for the Dragon King to kneel and beg for mercy, and he hoped that Yuan Shoucheng would forgive him for his unreasonableness and leave a way for himself to live.
The Dragon King never expected that the so-called fortune-telling is just a game, this bureau is aimed at his own irritable temper and damn competitiveness, Yuan Tiangang has a high probability of Guanyin Bodhisattva's side, Guanyin Bodhisattva can revoke the death penalty of the little white dragon, then the Jade Emperor will make a decree, rain according to his own requirements, what is the difficulty, Jinghe Dragon King is in this bureau, is doomed to death. The gods and Buddhas just used the death of the Dragon King of Jinghe to deter Li Shimin and let him have the idea of learning scriptures from the west.