I guess when many people read Journey to the West, they will have a question, that is, why did the Buddha look down on the Eastern Tang Dynasty so much, but let his second apprentice reincarnate in the Eastern Tang Dynasty? We can only look at this in some detail.
The Buddha's evaluation of the Tang Dynasty
First of all, we can take a look at the Buddha's evaluation of the Eastern Tang Dynasty. This evaluation can be said to be quite low.
Those who donate to the south of the continent are greedy and lustful, killing and fighting, and the so-called murder field of tongue and tongue is the sea of right and wrong.From such a comment, we can draw a conclusion, that is, all the people in Datang are bad people. And all of them are living in dire straits. That's why the Buddha wants to save them, and the way to save them is to pass through the eastern soil. In this way, they will be saved from the sea of suffering.
Details of Tang Seng's reincarnation
So let's take a look at how Tang Seng was reincarnated into the Eastern Tang Dynasty, he was not reincarnated through a normal underworld reincarnation system. It was the gods who sent him over.
I am the star of Antarctica, according to the decree of Guanyin Bodhisattva, I send this son to you, and the reputation is great, and it is not more idle.Through this opportunistic way, the Buddha let his apprentice be born in the Eastern Tang Dynasty. What does this mean? Can a place full of bad people give birth to a good person? Isn't he afraid that these people will teach his disciples badly? Obviously, the Buddha is not afraid of this situation, and said that this second apprentice will be famous in the future. To put it simply, the future of this apprentice has been arranged.
Hades' attitude towards the Tang king
There is another detail that is quite terrifying, that is, after Tang Taizong Li Shimin's yang life was exhausted, he went to the underworld to see what these Hades in the underworld said about Tang Taizong?
Ten generations of Hades descended to the ranks. The ten kings came out of the Senluo Treasure Palace, controlled their backs and bowed down, and greeted Taizong. Taizong was humble and did not dare to move forward. The Ten Kings said: "Your Majesty is the king of the people of the yang world, and we are the ghost kings of the underworld, of course, why do you need to give up?"From such a detail, we can see that the status of Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, can be said to be quite high. It is even said that, in a sense, its status is higher than that of the Ten Palaces of Yama. In a way that everyone can understand, he is the king of men. One sentence can decide the life and death of many immortals, which is why there are dragon kings looking for him for help. If you compare the king near Lingshan, will there be such a treatment? Don't say that it is to decide the life and death of the gods, a monster can decide the life and death of a king.
It can only be said that the Buddha is talking nonsense
So according to some of the above details, we can basically come to a conclusion, that is, the Buddha has long known that the Eastern Tang Dynasty is not a place that he said is so bad, on the contrary, this place is very good. He let his own child be born in the Eastern Tang Dynasty, and let him come back when the time is ripe, so that he can be **. And with the Dongtu Tang Sage Monk, the bonus of this identity must be very good for the development of Tang Seng.
So why did the Buddha say that? Because if he didn't say so, all his subordinates would have gone to Dongtu Datang. How can you eat and drink spicy food? If they all go to roll with their second apprentices, their second apprentices will not be able to roll up this group of monks under them.