Zhu Yuanzhang went to the temple to worship and asked himself whether he should bow down. The monk answered eight words to save himself and the whole temple. The monk replied, "Now the Buddha doesn't kneel down to the Buddha." The monk's answer is really kill two birds with one stone, which not only gives Zhu Yuanzhang enough face, but also preserves the greatness and nobility of the Buddha in people's hearts.
Zhu Yuanzhang is a real grass-roots emperor. He was born in wartime. Before becoming an emperor, he was a monk and a beggar. I thought that I could spend my life as a monk, but under the double blow of war and natural disasters, he could not maintain his most basic livelihood after becoming a monk. In the absence of any way, Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to escape from the temple and become a beggar. Zhu Yuanzhang's first half of his life can be said to have experienced all kinds of hardships among the people. Fortunately, by chance, he joined the army of the anti-Yuan uprising, and through his own efforts and luck, he reached the peak of his life step by step.
Because Zhu Yuanzhang was a monk in his early years, he worships various Buddhist ideas and purposes. After he became the emperor, he also advocated the promotion of Buddhism throughout the country, and the protection of Buddhism has also reached an unprecedented height. In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, if there was no Buddhism, it is very likely that he would have starved to death in the streets, and how could he have today's prosperity? During the five years of Hongwu, he gathered a large number of monks and asked them to sort out and spread Buddhist classics. During his decades in power, he organized people to collect nearly 2, Buddhist classics, which is the famous "Hongwu Nanzang" in history.
once, Zhu Yuanzhang passed by a temple. On a whim, he went in to burn incense and worship Buddha. When he met the abbot, he asked himself if he wanted to kneel down. The abbot thought for a long time and answered his eight characters, and this story came into being.