Song Yun
Song Yun
Song Yun (the year of his birth and death is unknown), a native of Dunhuang in the Northern Wei Dynasty, once went to the western regions with Huisheng (also known as Huisheng) to seek scriptures. It is the chief yizitong who serves the Empress Dowager. He has written eleven state affairs to the west of the state of Wei, family records and other books.
Life
In November of 518, Emperor Ming of the Northern Wei Dynasty, under the order of Empress Dowager Hu, went to visit Tianzhu with Salmonella Huisheng and Manai of Chongli temple. From Luoyang, he entered the western regions through Tuyuhun, Shanshan, zuomo (now Qiemo in Xinjiang), pHEMA and Yutian. In 519, Song Yun and others visited King DA and went to Wuchang to tell the king about Confucius, Laozi and Zhuangzi. After that, Song Yun and Huisheng paid homage to Buddhism in Tianzhu. In April of the first year of Zhengguang's reign, they visited qiantuora, nagala and other places. In the third year of Zhengguang (522), he returned to Luoyang with 170 Mahayana sutras and lived in wenyili, Luoyang.
experience
Song Yun and others visited King Da, and then went to Wuchang state in 519, the second year of Shengui, through Persia, xunmai state and bolule state. They met King Wuchang and told the king about Confucius, Laozi and Zhuangzi. After that, Song Yun and Huisheng paid homage to Buddhism in Tianzhu. In April of the first year of Zhengguang's reign, they visited qiantuora, nagala and other places. In the third year of Zhengguang (522), he returned to Luoyang with 170 Mahayana sutras and lived in wenyili, Luoyang. According to the records in the biography of the western regions in the northern history, "in the middle of Xiping, the Ming emperor sent Teng Fuzi to unify Song Yun and the magic power of Salmonella to the western regions to visit the Buddhist scriptures. Sometimes, the sage of Salmonella also went along with them and returned in the light." It can be seen that Song Yun was the official in charge of monks in Ming Dynasty. In the winter of 518 A.D., he and Manai and Huisheng (Huisheng) set out, passed through Qaidam Basin in Qinghai Province through Shaanxi Province and Gansu Province, crossed Pamir along the northern foot of Kunlun Mountain, and went back to Peshawar in Pakistan from Afghanistan. Their return journey was to follow the original route and return to Luoyang in early 522, bringing back 170 Mahayana sutras. Song Yun and others have written about this trip, but it's a pity that all of them have been lost. Fortunately, Luoyang Jialan Ji, written by Yang xuanzhi, a contemporary of Song Yun, comprehensively includes the records of Song Yun and others. Because Song Yun is the main line, later generations call this part of the text Song Yun Xingji.
Major events
In the Northern Wei Dynasty, he went westward to seek the Dharma. The year of birth and death is unknown. Dunhuang people. In November 518, Emperor Mingdi of the Northern Wei Dynasty, who served the empress dowager, yizitong, was ordered by Empress Dowager Hu to visit Tianzhu with SANA Huisheng and Manai of Chongli temple. From Luoyang, he entered the western regions through Tuyuhun, Shanshan, zuomo (now Qiemo in Xinjiang), pHEMA and Yutian. They set out from Luoyang and entered Tuyuhun. Under the protection of the latter, they entered the western regions through today's Qinghai Province. They passed Shanshan, zuomo (today's Qiemo in Xinjiang), pHEMA (today's pHEMA in Xinjiang), Yutian and other places and went to the border of Wakhan (today's wahan Valley in Afghanistan). After meeting King Da, Song Yun and others entered Wuchang state (uiyna, upper Indus River and SWAT River Basin in Pakistan) in the second year of Shengui. After that, Song Yun and Huisheng visited Gandhara and other places in Tianzhu. In the third year of Zhengguang (522), he returned to Luoyang with 170 books of Mahayana sutras. In the geographical category of "Old Tang Shu · Jing Ji Zhi" and "New Tang Shu · Yi Wen Zhi", there is a volume of "eleven state affairs to the west of the state of Wei" written by Song Yun, which should be a record of Song Yun's journey to the West. It is a pity that this book and the volume of "Hui Sheng Xing Zhuan" have been lost. Today, I learned the outline of Song Yun's journey to the West from Song Yun's Jiaji, Huisheng's Xingji and daorongzhuan quoted in Luoyang Jialan Ji, which was written around 547.
Life
Song Yun and others entered Xinjiang at the beginning of 519. They first arrived at Shanshan (now Ruoqiang) and traveled westward to zuomingcheng (now Qiemo), "there are hundreds of residents in the city. There is no rain on the land. They have no water to grow wheat. They don't know how to use cattle and plough in the fields. The Buddha and Bodhisattva in the city have no appearance of Hu. It was Lu Guangfa who visited laoyun. " In 383 ad, Fujian, the former king of Qin Dynasty, sent LV Guang, a cavalry general, to lead an expedition to the western regions. Shanshan king and Cheshi Wang Chong served as guides and led their troops to the war. Yanqi fell without fighting. After kuci kingdom was conquered, the small states and other distant countries surrendered. Since the Wei and Jin dynasties after the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains regime once again played a significant role in the western regions.
Further to the west, Song Yun and his party arrived at the end of the city (today's Cele), "the city's flowers and fruits are like Luoyang, but the earth house's flat head is different." In the south of the city, "there is a big temple, with more than 300 monks and a body of gold statue, which is six feet high, with superb appearance and good-natured friends. Facing the East, they are not willing to look to the West." There are thousands of pagodas and even thousands of banners. More than half of the banners of the state of Wei. There is only one banner on the banner, which is written in the 19th year of Taihe (495), the 2nd year of Jingming (501) and the 2nd year of Yanchang (513), and its chronological name is Yao Xingshi banner. " Yao Xing, the third leader of the later Qin Dynasty, was in power from 394 to 415, when FA Xian was traveling westward. The flag of Yao Xing seen by Song Yun was probably given by FA Xian.
As for Khotan (today's Hotan), "the king's head looks like a chicken with a golden crown, and two feet of silk is hung behind his head. It's five inches wide. Weiyi has drum horn, Jin Zheng, a bow and arrow, two halberds and five arrows. There are no more than 100 people with knives. His vulgar woman, wearing a jacket and a belt, galloped on a horse, just like her husband. The dead were burned with fire, buried with bones, and slaughtered. Mourners cut their hair and face to feel sad, and their hair is five inches long. That is to say, as usual, if the king died, he would not burn it. He would put it in a coffin and bury it far away in the wild. He would set up a temple to offer sacrifices and think about it in time. "
Chinese PinYin : Song Yun
Song Yun
