Six eminent monks of the Sui Dynasty

   One, Hanahori

   Janajudo is one of the specific development process of Buddhism spread from India to China, and is a foreign monk at the stage of translation of scriptures. He was originally from Gandhara in India. He followed his master to China to promote Buddhism during the Northern Zhou Dynasty. During that period, the translation of Buddhist classics into Chinese was the most basic way to spread Buddhism. Janajudo was no exception. After arriving in Chang’an, a group of monks spread Buddhism and translated scriptures at the Caotang Temple. However, in order to expand his armament and suppress the wealthy monk group at the time, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty ordered all the monks to return to the secular world to cultivate and destroy the temple.

   Later, after the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian established the kingdom on behalf of Zhou, not only abolished the policy of prohibiting Buddhism in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but also vigorously promoted Buddhism. So, he sent another person to invite Janaburi back to China, where he lived in the royal monastery of the Sui Dynasty, the Daxingshan Temple in Chang’an. The Daxingshan Temple at that time was originally the largest Buddhist scripture translation site in the imperial capital. The arrival of Janajueda, who was proficient in Buddhism, made a huge contribution to the translation business. In the past 20 years, he has organized and translated as many as 192 volumes of scriptures, and has become a great monk who has to be remembered in the historical development of Buddhism in the Sui Dynasty.

   Second, Bodhidharma

Bodhidharma was also one of the famous translators of the Sui Dynasty. At the same time, he was also one of the “Three Great Masters of the Founding Emperor” in the Sui Dynasty. After traveling through mountains and rivers and going through hardships and obstacles, he arrived at Chang’an alone in 590 AD.

Master   Gupta, after arriving in Chang’an, he also lived in the royal monastery, Daxingshan Temple. In the beginning, he just assisted Janajudo in the translation of scriptures, and at the same time explained Buddhist principles to monks in China based on what he had learned. Later, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty built a scripture translation library for him alone in Shanglin Garden, Luoyang. Until his death, the translation work of scriptures and the dissemination of Buddhist studies continued. Not only Buddhist monks praised him, but also The people around him respect him even more. In the past few decades, he has been working continuously, day and night, and under his leadership, a total of 9 books of 46 volumes have been translated.

  Three, Yan Cong

   Yancong is a native of my country. As the first person in China to translate Buddhist scriptures in the history of Chinese Buddhism, he has written a lot in his life. Yan Cong was a monk at an early age. He was smart and eager to learn. He was proficient in Sanskrit. He first followed Bodhidharma to translate Buddhist scriptures. In the process, he recorded Gupta’s journey from India to China, what he saw and heard, and his ups and downs along the way, and wrote a book called “The Biography of the Western Kingdom of the Great Sui Dynasty”.

Later, after Yan Cong himself served as the director of the translation of Buddhist scriptures, in order to better promote Buddhism, he summarized the practical experience gained in the process of translation of scriptures for many years, and formulated the “Ten Articles and Eight Preparations” translation of scriptures that had a great influence on later generations. theory. Since then, there has been a relatively unified translation system for Buddhist scripture translation. Throughout his life, Yan Cong presided over the translation of 10,000 volumes of scriptures, making outstanding contributions to the development of Chinese Buddhism, and was praised as “the great virtue of translating scriptures”. .

  Fourth, Huiyuan

  Huiyuan, as a native Chinese monk in the Sui Dynasty, played a pivotal role in the history of Chinese Buddhism and was known as the “dragon of monks” in Buddhism. Not only is he proficient in Buddhist scriptures, but he is also extremely courageous. During the process of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty ordering monks to return to secular life and wantonly destroying the Buddhist Dharma, he did not hesitate to sacrifice his life to stand up and fight with reason. He is not afraid of death and protects the law, and has won the respect of countless people in the present and future generations.

   Of course, as the master of Qi Sui, Master Huiyuan’s contribution to the translation of Buddhist scriptures and the contribution of Buddhist doctrines are also extremely important. After the abolition of the abolition of Buddhism, he first went to Shaolin Temple as a chairperson to spread Buddhism. After the founding of the Sui Dynasty, he lived in Daxingshan Temple and annotated Buddhist scriptures. In the past 70 years, more than 100 volumes of translated scriptures have been published, and altars have been held. With his unique Buddhist views, he has put forward the ideological theory of the origin of true nature. Huayan School, one of the eight major schools of Buddhism, started the enlightenment of the doctrine.

   5. Wisdom

  Master Zhiji, as one of the eight major schools of Buddhism in China and the actual founder of Tiantai School, his contribution to Buddhism is undoubtedly huge. You must know that in the hundreds of years after Buddhism was introduced to China, although Buddhism developed vigorously, it was also mottled, and various theories and doctrines emerged one after another, and there was no unity. Master Zhiyi, centered on the Mahayana Buddhist classic “The Lotus Sutra”, summed up and sorted out all the ideological systems and Buddhist doctrines during the hundreds of years of Buddhism’s development in China, and put forward the theory of three thousand thoughts in one thought.

   It has to be said that at that time, the Dharma doctrine of Master Zhijian reached a peak in the development of Buddhism. By conducting extensive and comprehensive comprehensive analysis and research on all Buddhist scriptures translated into Chinese, he not only understood the essence of Buddhist doctrines and clarified the essence of Buddhist thought, but also combined with the current state of China and local religious beliefs at that time, boldly Innovatively pushes Dharma to the peak of philosophy.

   Six, Jizo

Ji Zang, as a master figure of the three sects of the Sui Dynasty, has gone through the three dynasties of the Chen, Sui and Tang dynasties, and because of his profound Buddhist teachings and extraordinary knowledge of Buddhist principles, he has been respected by the royal family in every dynasty, and is also well-known among the people. Zoran.

   As the actual founder of the San Lun School, Master Ji Zang has been collecting Buddhist scriptures throughout his life, and has organized, annotated, and summarized them. Therefore, he was able to dabble in a wide range of different Buddhist classics, and successively annotated the “Zhong Lun Guan” and “The Twelve Doors”, leaving nearly a hundred volumes of works. Through all these experiences, I gradually formed my own unique Buddhist theory: contemplating Buddha. Throughout his life, he spread Buddhism widely, taught thousands of Buddhist disciples successively, and was called “Master Jiaxiang” by later generations.