[Journey to the West] So I am Monk Tang

I thought I was mourning his misfortune, and angry at him.After all, what is there to favor such an unfilial son?A person who is not even filial to his own mother can be expected to love the people like a son?The old woman thought she had sacrificed a lot, but who did the people under Jiangzhou owe?

But I can't say it.

Ugh.

I don't know what's wrong, but looking at the old woman's aging face and gray hair, I just feel sore and uncomfortable in my heart, and I can't even say a thorny word.This made me wonder, I really don't think I'm such a soft-hearted person.

But if I were to turn a blind eye to this...

I don't even know why I have the idea of ​​meddling so much, obviously I'm not a nosy person either.

What a hell!

"Old man, Master and I are going to Chang'an this trip. I wonder if you have a story in Chang'an?" I said, "No matter how bad the situation is, it can't be worse than it is now."

The old woman hesitated for a long time, and seeing that it was getting dark, she finally said, "My son Guangrui's wife is the daughter of the Prime Minister Yin Kaishan, if it is convenient..."

With this quasi-word, I know it in my heart.

On the way, I discussed this matter with my master. My master is old and has experienced a lot. When he was young, it was still in troubled times, and he saw more injustices. He felt embarrassed, but it was not surprising.

"I really didn't expect Chen E to be such a person." I was very angry, "If those who regard him as an idol and role model know about this, let's see what kind of face he has to continue to be an official."

My master looked at me with a look of 'you are still too young', I opened my mouth and did not refute.

Coming from an era of information explosion, I have heard of all kinds of disgusting things. Compared with them, this incident is really nothing, but I just can't control my reaction.

Maybe it's because it's something I've experienced face-to-face and not what I've heard?

I was silent all the way, riding on a donkey and saw the temple hidden in the trees in front of me, couldn't help but said again, "That Chen E seems to have been of bad conduct, otherwise, his mother won't get him for a long time When I hear the news, I only worry that something will happen to him, rather than feeling that I have been abandoned."

"How do you know that his mother didn't think that way, it's just that something happened, it's a difference between heaven and man, if he is abandoned, there is still a chance to meet again." Master Faming replied, "You are too smug."

I "hummed", and the monkey son patted my face with his little hand.It probably felt that I was not very happy along the way, and didn't want to struggle to play on the ground, so it was very well-behaved.

Although Master Faming said that I looked good, he also saw the urgency in my heart. We only stayed one night in the monastery that was listed, and continued to Chang'an the next day.

We finally arrived at the destination of this trip - Chang'an Hongfu Temple.

Hongfu Temple is much more magnificent than Jinshan Temple, and I heard that there are many dignitaries and dignitaries who come and go.My master used to study Buddhism here when he was young, and it is here that he obtained the half-volume remnants of scriptures from a foreign Dharma master.At that time, he felt like a treasure just by looking at it, but the family of Hongfu Temple has a great career, and there is never a shortage of scriptures in the Sutra Pavilion, let alone an incomplete scripture. In Jingge, let him take this remnant scroll away.

There is nothing wrong with handling it this way. Although Master Fa Ming thought that the half-volume remnants of scriptures were wonderful, but at that time he was just a country turtle who had not been in the city for a long time. He thought that he was not knowledgeable enough. It's just commonplace, he didn't think much about it, and after copying out the backup, he left Chang'an to continue traveling.

Then, more than 20 years later, some scripture translators accidentally discovered this dusty transcript while translating the scriptures. After knowing the ins and outs of the transcript, he invited Master Faming to translate this fragmented scripture together so that more people can see it.

My Master Fa Ming is proficient in Sanskrit. I once asked him why he didn't translate the half volume of the scriptures.At that time, I had less experience and didn't even know that there were monsters in the world, but I just found it more troublesome to memorize the original Sanskrit.Just like in modern times, no matter how poor my Chinese performance is, it is still better than English.No matter how difficult it is to memorize classical Chinese, it is easier than memorizing the full text of English.My Master Faming told me that it was because he was ignorant and unable to express the true essence of the half-volume fragments of scriptures in our words.Later, I also got used to using Sanskrit, and felt that using Sanskrit could indeed help me understand it better, so I didn't bother with this issue anymore.

But when I heard that the scripture translators in Hongfu Temple wanted to translate, I subconsciously went through the original text in my mind, and found that I understood the original text, but I didn’t know how to translate it.

There's something in the teapot—it can't be poured.

I finally know what it feels like.

Translating the scriptures is not directly translating the original text into vernacular that we can understand. It is a free translation, which requires attention to rhetoric, fluency, and literary talent.

I followed Master Faming, and the translators seemed to attach great importance to this matter. As soon as Master Faming arrived, he took him to discuss how to translate after only one day off.He attaches great importance to Master Faming's opinion. After all, Master Faming is the one who understands the broken scriptures best. Even though I am young, I have been in contact with it for a long time, so I can be regarded as an authoritative spokesperson.

How tortured is it to translate scriptures?Anyway, once, it took a day for two verses to be settled before it was very representative.

In this case, I was not impatient, and even Master Fa Ming, who knew my nature well, was a little puzzled.I am also quite strange, because I have always thought that I am a monk who pursues utilitarianism, and my love for Buddhist scriptures comes from the original intention of making me a step forward, but when I really hear those eminent monks discussing, no matter what utilitarianism is. Was thrown aside by me.

I was mesmerized by it.

It's not like me at all.

Occasionally I expressed my opinion, and many people agreed with me. They all praised my master Fa Ming as a famous teacher, and suddenly gave me the illusion that I actually have the talent to be a monk.

After a busy month like this, the half volume of the remnant scriptures has been translated in less than two pages.There was a master in Hongfu Temple giving lectures, and the translation work was temporarily suspended, so we all went to listen to the lecture.

When I heard half of it, I was a little distracted, because I suddenly remembered that I had promised that old woman in the Wanhua shop, but I was too busy before and didn't have any spare time.Now what the master said didn't attract me very much, so I decided to talk to Master Faming to see if it was possible to visit the old woman's in-laws - the current prime minister.

To be honest, I feel a little vain in my heart. That is the prime minister of the court. Although I agreed very happily at the beginning, how can I visit him as a monk with no power or influence?Could it be that he was driven away without even approaching the gate?

But what I didn't expect was that to some extent, my face could also be used as a card.

It would be even better if the prime minister's wife didn't call "son-in-law Guangrui" to me.

I want to say dirty words.

Really.