The abbot told Zhu Yuanzhang not to worship the Buddha before him. The "seeing" here was also equivalent to the current "appearance" in ancient times. It means that Zhu Yuanzhang is now the emperor, a nine-five-year-old man, and should be a human Buddha. This means that the current Buddha kneels down and worships the past Buddha. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to kowtow, so he got off the donkey without kneeling. He was very happy when he heard this. He praised the abbot for being knowledgeable and an eminent monk, and rewarded him heavily.
Character Evaluation
As one of the most outstanding monarchs in China, Zhu Yuanzhang was diligent in political affairs and made many achievements throughout his life. In particular, a large number of institutions and regulations were created, which not only laid the foundation for the Ming Dynasty for nearly three hundred years, contributed to social stability and economic prosperity in the early Ming Dynasty, but also influenced the Qing Dynasty. From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, centralized political rule and the unified administrative system of a multi-ethnic country gradually became more complete.
Zhu Yuanzhang's most important achievement was to overthrow the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, eliminate riots, pacify the world, and abolish the racial hierarchy and oppressive policies formulated by the Mongols. From the village of Zhongli, where natural disasters and man-made disasters plagued the country, to the time when he ascended the throne in Nanjing, the path he and his civil servants and generals took was not just for the benefit of private individuals and a certain class, as he said in his autobiography - I am Huaiyou Commoner, what more can the world do to me.