"Young Master, there's news from Tubo. Master Fa Lin has passed away! She's reincarnated as a Spirit Child, "Mochi reported in the Mo Residence.
Mochi was in charge of the Mo Journal, so he was the most well-informed. Once there was news about the Hundred Schools of Thought, he immediately came to report it.
"Master Fa Lin has passed away!"
Meton couldn't help but sigh when he heard the news.
Master Fa Lin deserved the title of Dharma Protector. She had dedicated her life to Buddhism. Not only had she resisted the annihilation of Buddhism many times, but she had even sacrificed herself to pave the way for Buddhism during this trip to Tubo.
According to Meton's prediction, Buddhism would slowly try to obtain the reincarnation of a Spirit Child. However, he didn't expect Master Fa Lin to be so radical as to sacrifice herself to forcefully promote Buddhism's influence in Tubo.
"Sacrificing her life for a school of thought, Master Fa Lin is truly admirable!" Meton sighed in his heart. Buddhism was a foreign school of thought. The reason why it was able to flourish in the Tang dynasty was because of people like Master Fa Lin who had sacrificed themselves for Buddhism. Buddhism indeed had its bad side, but it also had a large number of people who were worthy of praise and respect.
"Young Master, other than the rumor of Master Fa Lin's reincarnation in Chang 'an, there's also a rumor that Master Xuanzang, who traveled west to seek Buddhism, is the reincarnation of Buddha's second disciple, the Golden Cicada. Buddhism's influence has been greatly boosted," Mochi reported.
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"The reincarnation of the Golden Cicada! Buddhism wants to flourish in the Tubo and Tang dynasty! " Modun raised his eyebrows. He did not expect that the Buddhists had already begun to promote Xuanzang even before he returned. One could imagine that once Xuanzang returned, the influence of his journey to the west would definitely make the Buddhists rise to prominence.
"Young Master, do you want me to expose this in the Mo Journal? I'm sure the Confucian Journal won't sit by and watch Buddhism do this. They'll definitely follow up." Mochi asked. Buddhism's reincarnation theory didn't stand up to scrutiny. As long as the Mo Journal and the Confucian Journal followed up, Buddhism would definitely be humiliated.
Meton shook his head and said, "Forget it! Today's Tang Dynasty is no longer the Tang Dynasty of the past. Buddhism's reincarnation may work in Tubo, but it doesn't work in the Tang Dynasty. "
Today's Tang dynasty was already a place where a hundred schools of thought contended with each other. The rise of a hundred schools of thought led to an explosion of all kinds of knowledge. The reincarnation theory of Buddhism could not stand up to scrutiny and was not a cause for concern.
"Other than Buddhism, Confucianism has also made a big move. Chancellor Kong's Five Classics of Justice has been published and distributed to the world. Young master, please take a look." Mochi presented a thick book with both hands.
"Five Scriptures of Justice?" Meton couldn't help but be surprised. Kong Yingda's Five Scriptures of Justice had finally been published after several revisions.
Moton flipped open the title page and saw that it was printed using movable type printing. The words were clear and neat, and it used punctuation on a large scale. It confirmed all the controversial content of the Five Classics in the past.
It was said that there was a thousand Confucius in a thousand people's hearts. In addition, the Four Books and Five Classics had many disputes due to the broken sentences, so there were many schools of thought. If other people confirmed the controversial contents of the Five Classics, it would definitely cause dissatisfaction. However, Kong Yingda was Kong Sheng's direct descendant and the contemporary great Confucian, so he was the most justified.
"The Headmaster wants to use the Five Classics of Justice to unify the schools of Confucianism. Unfortunately, the Headmaster's idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. I'm afraid the schools of Confucianism won't submit so easily!" Meton shook his head and smiled.
From the development of Confucianism until now, there were many schools of thought emerging. If Confucius was still alive, it might be possible. However, Kong Yingda was only Kong Sheng's thirty-first descendant. He was far from qualified.
Moreover, a flower blooming alone doesn't mean spring. The competition of a hundred schools of thought was not only between the hundred schools of thought, but also within the hundred schools of thought. Taking the School of Mohism as an example, even though Meton had several opportunities to unify the School of Mohism, he gave up without hesitation. This allowed the three branches of the School of Mohism to advance together, and greatly increased the revival of the School of Mohism.
However, Kong Yingda's eagerness for quick success and instant benefits had something to do with Meton. The School of Mohism's development was at its peak, and the other schools of thought were also improving. Only the School of Confucianism, which had already developed to its peak, had the merit of Kong Yingda's use of the Five Classics of Justice to unify the School of Confucianism was not without being stimulated by the School of Mohism and the other schools of thought.
"Young Master, the School of Confucianism's classics are emerging endlessly. Kong Yingda has already published the Five Classics of Justice to spread the name of the School of Confucianism. However, our School of Mohism still only has the classic work of the School of Mohism. Unavoidably, we are a little weak. This lowly one and the elders of the School of Mohism think that Young Master should also publish a book to raise the prestige of our School of Mohism." Mochi looked at Meton expectantly. No one could doubt the young master's knowledge. However, the knowledge that flowed out of the young master's hands was endless, but it was always scattered and could not be considered a single school of thought. If the young master organized his own knowledge into a book, he believed that it would not be inferior to the classic work of the School of Mohism. Currently, the School of Mohism only had the School of Mohism from a thousand years ago and the half of the secret Mohist works that Meton spoke of. They were simply no match for the classics of the School of Confucianism.
"Back then, you published books like cabbages! You published books whenever you wanted to? " Meton glared at Mochi. Who knew how many years it would take to write a book and how many words it would take to write? Journey to the West took eight years, Dream of the Red Chamber took ten years, Romance of the Three Kingdoms took fourteen years, and the Compendium of Materia Medica took twenty-seven years. Meton could not help but shudder after thinking about it. If he were to publish a book, it would probably be in the future. He did not have the patience to spend so many years writing a book.
Mochi could not help but twitch his mouth. When the young master was writing on a daily basis, he did not see him complain about being tired. Although he could not count on Meton to publish a book now, he did not give up. Among the pre-Qin scholars, Confucius did not publish a book when he was still alive. Instead, he relied on his disciples to organize his books. If he started to collect the young master's opinions now, after organizing them in the future, it might not be a bad book.
If Mo Dun knew that Mo San had already given up on him and was preparing for his funeral after he passed away, he would definitely be so angry that he would ascend to the heavens.
"There is one more thing that you need to know. Hou Shangshu has led the western expedition army in triumph and will arrive at Chang 'an City in a few days," Mochi reminded him.
"Hou Junji is back?" Meton could not help but be stunned.
This western expedition of the Tang Dynasty destroyed a country with only a few casualties, which made the militarists' reputation soar. Before this, the situation in the Western Region was unstable and needed a large army. Now, the Western Region was covered in snow and could not be used. Gao Chang's situation was stabilized, and Hou Junji returned triumphantly with the merit of destroying a country. It could be said that he was complacent.
He thought that this western expedition was the pinnacle of his and the militarists' achievements. With the merit of destroying a country in this battle, he would definitely become the God of War of the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop. He would not be inferior to the predecessors of the militarists. However, Hou Junji did not know that a huge storm was sweeping through the entire western expedition, which made him fall directly from the peak to the lowest valley.
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