Xuanzang didn't know how to describe his feelings. He thought that when he came out of Chang'an, he experienced thousands of dangers along the way. After leaving the border of Tang Dynasty, it can be said that he encountered hundreds of times more dangers. Finally he arrived in Tianzhu, with only death in the middle. I don’t know how many risks there are.
But thinking about his past experiences, Xuanzang knew that he was the safest when he was in the Tang Dynasty. However, after leaving the Tang Dynasty, the experiences of those countries in the Western Regions made him feel extremely dangerous.
And now on this map... Starting from Chang'an and reaching all the places west of Tianzhu's Harbin Dynasty, the red land of the Tang Dynasty has been connected into one piece. In other words, if he is willing, he can go to the Tang Dynasty without leaving the country. The border between Tang Dynasty and Harsha Dynasty.
Let’s take a look at the map
This feeling... is weird.
"General Xu, I have an unkind request." Xuanzang said. If it was according to his original temperament, he would definitely not make the request, but now that he has this opportunity, he feels that he can bring some things to the table. come out.
"Master, please speak." Xu Zheng nodded.
"It's like this. In this Nalanda Temple, it can be said that many important ancient documents and ancient books from the entire Tianzhu have been stored here. Although these things are different from my Central Plains culture, I think if they can be preserved, they are also a kind of value."
"And here, I think it will be destroyed by the war sooner or later, so I want to take it back to the Tang Dynasty. Master Jiexian of Nalanda Temple also allows me to take them all away, but there is one thing. This is not the Jiexian now. The territory of the Japanese dynasty belongs to Tubo, so..." At this point, Xuanzang felt somewhat embarrassed.
This is the first time he has spoken about such a thing. Although he relied on alms to reach Tianzhu all the way to the west, the most help he asked for was a mouthful of food and a mouthful of water. This kind of behavior has exceeded that of many Buddhists. of commandments.
"Of course. I will raise this matter with Zampu of Tibet later. I think he will agree. At that time, my personal opinion is that it is better to print all the documents here first, so that you can give There is a copy left in Nalanda Temple." Xu Zheng smiled and said, "In Yuzhang Port, we have relevant printing equipment."
"Thank you so much, General." Xuanzang was immediately overjoyed. He didn't expect that this matter would go so smoothly. General Xu's intervention must be much better than his intervention.
"It doesn't matter. If you have any questions, Master, you can ask me. If I leave this time, it may take longer to see Master next time." Xu Zheng said with a smile.
Xuanzang did not hesitate, but asked some of his doubts one by one, such as what the letters on the new customs clearance certificate meant. Xu Zheng told him that it was a 26-letter alphabet invented by His Highness. Pinyin pronunciation is conducive to children's learning.
Integrate some of the advantages of easy learning of phonemic characters into Chinese characters.
After Xu Zheng finished speaking, Xuanzang was very interested in this pinyin, because he had already learned Sanskrit and was now deepening his study, so he knew very well how important it was.
Fortunately, Xu Zheng understood this relatively well. In the end, Xu Zheng simply gave Xuanzang a pinyin literacy book.
As for why Xu Zheng has this book... it's because... Xu Zheng was semi-illiterate before. I can't say fully illiterate, but he was still half-literate. He was literate, but not much, and he didn't read many books.
Now all naval generals overseas, from generals to soldiers, must carry out literacy activities, and pinyin literacy is naturally supplemented to them as soon as possible. As a general, Xu Zheng is not very advanced. General, it's normal to have your own textbook.
Putting the book aside, Xuanzang asked again about the pattern on it and the meaning of the stars. Xu Zheng told him that the surrounding patterns represented items commonly used by scholars, farmers, industry and commerce to replace the common people, and the central The Taiji Palace naturally means the royal family of the Tang Dynasty.
It means that the people of the Tang Dynasty united closely around the royal family of the Tang Dynasty to build a prosperous and powerful New Tang Dynasty, and the five five-pointed stars also mean the same. The four small ones represent the four classes of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.
After saying this, Xuanzang understood.
After Xu Zheng left, Xuanzang couldn't wait to study this pinyin literacy book. When he read it, Xuanzang was astonished. Was this also researched by His Highness? Your Highness is indeed a genius. Such letters have greatly reduced the difficulty for ordinary people and children to learn literacy.
No wonder His Highness wants to popularize education to the world. His Highness does not ask the people to have high knowledge, but to make them literate and able to read. This will greatly enhance the convenience of the people's lives.
This pinyin seems simple, but in fact Xuanzang, who has studied many languages such as Sanskrit and Persian, knows very well that this... is difficult! Very difficult!
Of course, what Xuanzang didn't know was that the pinyin had gone through more than 360 years of evolutionary research in history to reach its current state, and what Li Ke just brought out was a finished product. How could it not be powerful?
In original history, as early as the seventeenth century, during the Ming Dynasty, in order to learn Chinese characters in other countries, many famous missionaries began to find ways to phoneticize Chinese characters, from the earliest Italian missionary Matteo Ricci to the French Missionary Jinnyge perfected the way of phonetic notation of Chinese characters.
In the following two to three hundred years, the phonetic notation method invented by these two people has been widely spread in the West, providing a method for Westerners to learn Chinese characters. It was not until the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China that when the country's national power was weakened and the country had to start learning foreign languages, similar phonetic notation programs began to flow into the country.
Subsequently, a large number of scholars demonstrated, discussed, and finally improved several plans for Pinyin. The final plan was adopted in the 1960s, and the final plan for modern Pinyin was completed based on 26 English letters and phonetic symbols.
Without the two to three hundred years of continuous learning, the phonetic notation of Chinese characters would really not be that easy.
Now Datang is using the final product, and even this alphabet is also called Datang alphabet. As for whether English will be born in the future, who knows? Anyway, I don’t even see a hair in English now.
Moreover, the pinyin invented by His Highness also played a very crucial role in learning Chinese characters for people from other countries. After all, it is really not easy for countries around the Tang Dynasty to learn Chinese characters, and it is even harder to popularize it.
Xu Zheng, who said goodbye to Xuanzang, was a little emotional. He didn't expect that the master's ideas were somewhat similar to His Highness's. Among the tasks His Highness gave them was to collect various documents and materials from various regions such as Tianzhu and even Persia.
His Highness did not say what to do with these things, he just said that these documents should be used to fully understand the history of civilization in these areas and prevent them from being destroyed by war.
