#69 - S&N 13: The Ransom Of The Boddhisatva Emperor

The History of China

Chris Stewart

History

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🗓️ 8 July 2015

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Buddhism has taken Southern China by storm, but few more than its emperor, Wu of Liang. He’ll try to talk a monk out of setting himself on fire, have an awkward chat with the founder of Zen Buddhism, and even enter a monastery and refuse to leave, prompting his whole court to “ransom” him back by bribing the monks to kick him out. All of this while civil war ripples through Northern Wei.Time Period Covered:517-535 CENotable Figures:Emperor Wu of Liang (née Xiao Yan)Consort Ding LingguangCrowned Prince Xiao TongCrowned Prince Xiao GangMarquis Xiao ZhengdeMonk DaoduMonk BoddhidharmaSources Used:Burning for the Buddha by James A. BennZizhi Tongjian by Sima GuangBlue Cliff Record (BiYan Lu) by Yuanwu Keqin Textual History of the Mahāyāna-mahāparinirvāna-sūtra by Stephen Hodge Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:24.0	Episode 69, the ransom of the Barasatva Emperor.
1:29.0	Last episode, we chronicled the early life of Shaoyen, his rise to power and his eventual
1:37.2	overthrow of the Southern Chi dynasty, an establishment of the Leong Dynasty with him at its
1:42.4	head as Emperor Wu.
1:45.6	We then chronicled the travails of his early reign, his conversion to Buddhism, and the
1:50.3	catastrophically disastrous military strategy to damn the Huai River,
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