Are you happy to have fun on the National Day, the fifth watch is sent today, this is a plus more of 100 monthly passes After the Shangyuan Festival, Zhang Chao took Cui Yingying to Qinglong Temple to offer incense.
Cui Yingying likes this Buddhist temple very much, and Zhang Chao also likes it, this is the love between the two.
Zhu Yuexuan Until now, Zhang Chao is still wrapped in a long package, and he gives a lot of sesame oil money to the temple every month, and they have kept this small courtyard for Zhang Chao.
The monks of Qinglong Temple did not snub Zhang Chao because he lost his position, but treated him very warmly.
Zhang Chao accompanied Cui Yingying to burn incense and worship the Buddha, especially in front of the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and bowed down very devoutly.
Guanyin was still a bodhisattva worshiped by the people in the Tang Dynasty, and there was even a saying that Guanyin sent a child.
Most of the people who come here to worship Guanyin are women who have come to ask for children.
Zhang Chao and Cui Yingying have only been married for a month, and Cui Yingying is a little anxious, so today she specially asked Zhang Chao to accompany her to the temple to burn incense and ask Guanyin to send a child.
Zhang Chao also bowed, and there were five wives and concubines in the family, but none of them were pregnant.
But Zhang Chao doesn't think he has a problem, it's only been a month.
He believes that he is healthy, and that pregnancy does not happen in a day or two.
After worshipping the Buddha, Cui Yingying also said that she wanted to recite the scriptures here, and Zhang Chao went outside to wait for her.
As a result, the monk came over and said that he was invited.
Zhang Chao smiled, knowing what was going on, but he pretended to be surprised on the surface.
In fact, before coming to Qinglong Temple today, Zhang Chao not only accompanied Cui Yingying to burn incense and worship Buddha.
A few days ago, Cui Yingying said that she would come over to burn incense, so Zhang Chao made some preparations in advance.
The Zhang family has been in contact with the Qinglong Temple, the Zhang family provides vegetarian chicken and tofu and other vegetarian food to the Qinglong Temple, two days ago Zhang Chao let the Qinglong Temple delivery guys, to the temple brought a set of carved books, three character scriptures, thousand words, up and down the first volume of three thousand years.
Zhang Chao sent books to Qinglong Temple, of course, for a purpose.
His engraving workshop now has seven or eight hundred people, although they are all young apprentices, and they don't cost much money.
But with so many people, they definitely can't be idle all the time.
Zhang Chao recruited so many people when he wanted to do a big job.
Zhang's printing workshop is still only printing the three character classics and the thousand-character text, and he has already started to sell these two books in the store in Chang'an City, a book of less than 20 pages, a thousand words, Zhang Chao's price is more than 100 yuan.
It's almost ten cents a page, which is actually not expensive, and those manuscripts are not cheaper.
Zhangjia printed books, the quality is quite good, the blue cover of the line binding, the paper is good paper, the ink is also clear, the words are also written well, especially clean, there is no slightest mistake in the scribble.
The content is the relatively popular thousand-character text and the Mengshu three-character scripture that is also very popular at the moment.
Zhang Chao predicts that it is no problem to sell 1,000 copies in Chang'an City, and if it is sold to other places through those merchants, it is believed that it is possible to sell 10,000 copies, but it is estimated that it will take a long time to sell.
Zhang Chao didn't immediately engrave the book plate printing, he planned to get a customized service first.
In addition to the great demand for books among the scholars, the demand for books among the monks is also great, but what they need is the scriptures.
Not only do I read it myself, but I also sell it to those good men and women to read, which not only makes money, but also promotes Buddhism.
When Zhang Chao asked his men to deliver books to the temple, he specially instructed him to remember to tell the monks in the temple that these two books were printed with engraving, which was faster, time-saving, cheaper and better quality than hand-copying.
Zhang Chao asked Cui Yingying to wait for him in Zhuyuexuan after worshipping the Buddha.
Cui Yingying heard that the host of the temple wanted to see Zhang Chao, so she nodded and agreed.
Zhang Chao, the host of the temple, is no stranger and has met twice.
Zhang Chao met and said hello with a smile.
The host is kind and kind, a big bald head is very shiny, the eyebrows and beards are white, wearing a robe, sitting there, it is indeed very impressive at a glance.
There was a nice smell of sandalwood in the room.
Zhang Chao is a little envious of these masters, he recites scriptures all day long, and he doesn't know how comfortable life is.
In this world, the vast majority of ordinary people are far inferior to these monks.
No wonder in the Northern Wei Dynasty and Northern Zhou Dynasty, the emperor destroyed the Buddha twice.
It was really the life of these monks that ordinary people would rather come to these monks, either shave their homes directly, or simply attach themselves to the mountain gate to give them tenant land to cultivate.
This good-smelling sandalwood is not cheap.
Just order a few sticks, it is estimated that it is enough for ordinary people's monthly rations.
Zhang Chao is also quite capable of pretending.
Sit upright, hands on your knees, and a calm smile.
The host looked at Zhang Chao and became more and more interested in him.
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The two looked at each other for a long time, and for a long time, Zhang Chao wondered if the old monk was doing something.
After all, Zhang Chao is still not good enough, and looking at an old bald head for half an hour is really not something that ordinary people can do.
His skill is only half an hour, and if he continues, he will probably be blinded by that bald head.
"I don't know what the master is looking for me" The old monk still had that kind look, "The poor monk is thinking, what kind of master Sanzang should be. ” Zhang Chao smiled, "My master once said that everyone can become a Buddha, and there are thousands of ways to become a Buddha.
Therefore, when he was young, he traveled the world, and in his old age he lived in seclusion.
Master, he doesn't quit meat, or even alcohol, he often says that color is emptiness, and emptiness is color. ” The old monk was moved, and the containment on his face was reduced a little.
"It was a high-ranking monk, but unfortunately I couldn't see it and discuss the Dharma together."
Qinglong Temple, like Daxingshan Temple, another major temple in Chang'an City, is Tantra, and the pursuit is that everyone can become a Buddha.
The old monk felt that Master Sanzang should be a fellow believer with him.
"Master Zhang, I see that you are very Buddha-like, and the roots of wisdom are not broken, so it is better to return to my temple, enter my door, and re-cultivate Buddhism" When the old monk said this, his eyes were very big and bright, brighter than the bald head.
Zhang Chao was a little hairy by him.
How does this sound like that, the old man is surprised to see your bones, the root bone Qijia is a martial arts wizard who has not been encountered in a hundred years, I have a martial arts cheats here, I see that I am destined to sell it to you at half price, and the task of saving the world in the future will be as unreliable as you will have to complete it.
"Master, I am not finished, forgive me for refusing."
Zhang Chao immediately stretched out his hand to stop.
Although the monk is not bad, he is not as chic as his current life.
"You can think again."
Zhang Chao shook his head, he didn't yearn for becoming a Buddha or something, whether it was Buddha or Taoism, he paid attention to the next life, and he paid attention to Elysium, but Zhang Chao is a very realistic person, he prefers to live in the present.
At most, you can accept the Confucian idea of leaving a name in history, and it is enough to live comfortably in this life and leave a little reputation.
As for the afterlife, the Western Heavenly Bliss and the like, he really didn't care.
The old monk sighed with some regret.
"Then let's talk about the two books you printed."
Zhang Chao smiled slightly, "It turns out that the master can also see the difference between these two books, these two books are just two Mongolian books, but this time my Zhang family used the technique of engraving and printing."
Do you know how many books my Zhang's bookstore prints in a day, each printing nearly 300 copies, and printing 500 books in a day.
And we can increase this speed even further, I can say without exaggeration that I can print 1,000 books a day, and this book is 20 pages a day, that is to say, my bookstore can print 20,000 pages a day.
Moreover, this number can be improved. ” 20,000 pages, this is a very intuitive number, and what moved the old monk was that it was only one day.
"Master, a book of Guanyin Sutra, there are seventy thousand and one hundred and two crosses.
If you copy by hand, a skilled scribe may not be able to copy 10,000 words a day.
A person can copy two or three copies a month at most. ” The full name of the Avalokiteshvara Sutra is the Myoho-renge-kyo Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Pumenpin, also known as the Lotus Sutra for short.
It is a very important Buddhist scripture in Buddhism, and there is Guanyin Bodhisattva in Qinglong Temple, and there is also this Lotus Sutra.
"If my bookstore had printed this book, it would have been different.
In a short period of time, I was able to print you a large number of beautiful Lotus Sutras, without errors, beautifully printed and with clear handwriting. ” The old monk felt that this was indeed good news, the Zhang family could print more than 20,000 words a day, wouldn't it be three days to print a Lotus Sutra He had seen the three-character sutra and the thousand-character text printed by the Zhang family, and the handwriting was indeed clear and beautifully printed.
"This temple would like to ask your workshop to help print 100 Lotus Sutras, whether they can be delivered within a month, and how much does each sutra cost?"
Zhang Chao smiled and shook his head, "Master, you have misunderstood.
The printing process of my bookstore is like this: first of all, I have to ask a calligrapher to write out the Lotus Sutra, and there must not be a single typo in the whole text, and it must be very smooth and perfect.
Then find a special engraver and carve the manuscript on a prefabricated wooden board.
When the manuscript is engraved, special printing ink is used at this time, and then it can be printed. ” Zhang Chao didn't mind telling the monk about these processes, these things can be guessed by people who don't want to say it, but there are no real details, or there is no good printing ink, but no one can print it if they want to.
Besides, the threshold of engraving printing is very high, and many professional engraving workers are needed, and each time a plate is made, a sufficient number of books must be printed in order to reduce the cost of printed books to the same as hand-copied books, or even cheaper.
To meet these requirements, there must be a special printing ink formula, so it is not something that anyone can learn if they want to.
"Every page of the book has to be specially written and carved a special edition, and there must not be a single mistake in the middle, otherwise you have to start again."
"Master, if Qinglong Temple wants to print Fahua Temple, it needs at least a thousand copies to print."
"I can give the master a preferential cooperation price, which is charged per page, six cents per page.
Of course, if the master prints more copies, we can give more discounts, if 2,000 copies are printed, it can be cheaper than one penny per page, and only five pennies will be charged.
If I print more than 3,000 copies, I will only accept four articles and one page. ” The old monk calculated in his heart that the Lotus Sutra of more than 70,000 words, according to Zhang Jiayin's three-character scripture, has at least 500 pages, and one page has six texts.
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