In 804 AD, Japanese monk Kong Kelp, full of enthusiasm for tantric Buddhism, broke through the stormy waves in the East China Sea and came to Fuzhou, China, accompanied by the first16th batch of Tang envoys led by Kuyemalu. Yan Jimei, the local secretariat, entertained Ge Ye from time to time. Because he had read the submissions prepared by Konghai, he couldn't put it down, so he always appointed Konghai to attend the banquet. During the dinner, he wrote poems and sang songs, and the empty sea showed his poetic talent. Yan Jimei admired him even more, and even wanted to keep the empty sea by his side. It was only because Empty Sea earnestly complained about his eagerness to learn Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty that he gave up.
At the end of 10, Konghai arrived in Chang 'an. He first learned Sanskrit from Sanzang Prajna in Liquan Temple and became the first person to master Sanskrit in Japanese history. Later, I worshipped Huiguo Zhenglong as a teacher to learn tantra. When Huiguo first saw the empty sea, he was overjoyed. On the spot, he said that he would teach all the Tantric sects to Konghai, and made the highest realm of Tantric sects for Konghai, and named it King Kong. Empty sea became the eighth generation of tantric school. Although there were more than 1000 disciples returning home, they paid special attention to Konghai, who became the official heir of returning home, not only the Japanese, but also the direct Sect of China and India. Huiguo also specially wrote translated Buddhist classics for the organizers of the empty sea, invited Li Zhen, a court painter, to paint the Buddha statues of Tantric ancestors for the empty sea, and mobilized Yang Zhongxin, a court technician, to cast metal utensils.
After April, Huiguo died. Before he died, he told Konghai that he would die with a disciple like him, and advised Konghai to return to China as soon as possible to serve the country, spread Buddhism and educate all beings. Huiguo's epitaph was written by Konghai.
According to the regulations, the time limit for studying abroad is 20 years, but after he stayed in Tang for two years, he wrote to the emperor requesting to return to China. When the news came, friends at home wrote poems to say goodbye, or gave away French posts and original works. The empty sea was in the Tang Dynasty for less than three years, which was unprecedented in the 200-year history of the Tang Dynasty. The original intention of the empty sea is probably unwilling to return to China; No matter in terms of talent or character, if he stays in Chang 'an, his talent will definitely be brought into full play. On the day he left for home, celebrities in Chang 'an saw Konghai off in droves. He endured the bitterness of parting, tried to be calm, wrote a poem to say goodbye, and returned to China by boat from Mingzhou via Yuezhou. During his five months in Yuezhou, with the enthusiastic support of local festivals, he invited people to copy and visit a large number of works in literature, astronomy, medicine and fine arts.
However, the domestic situation is not good for him. The first person who came to the Tang Dynasty with him returned to China as early as last year. In Japan, spreading the honor of Tantric Buddhism is the first one. And the most obvious one is that the official sent a monk to benefit, and the conditions are far superior to the empty sea. Shortly after Konghai returned to China, a "fun riot" broke out. It turned out that Emperor Pingcheng, who had abdicated at that time, had committed adultery with the wife of Fujiwara, a young minister who was nine years older than him. After he acceded to the throne, he transferred her husband to the purple place and brought him into the palace for possession. Interesting family is ambitious and interesting wants to be a queen. Heisei was emperor for three years because of severe neurasthenia, and gave the throne to his younger brother Jun 'e, who had a bad relationship with him. After the cragginess ascended the throne, the observation made by Heisei was abolished and Heisei was very angry. He pretended to be the emperor's father, ordered cragginess to take back his life and moved the capital to Nara. At the same time, he sent his younger brother Fujiwara Nakasone to Nara for a large-scale project and built a palace. On the one hand, on the surface, cragginess pretended to obey and sent three construction ambassadors to Nara to assist Fujiwara. On the other hand, he secretly sent heavy troops to strictly observe the three passes of Dongguo, and used the tactics of transferring mountain tigers to call senior officials around Pingcheng to the capital, shoot them to death with arrows, and ordered three people to waste music. This is actually a public declaration of war. Pingcheng is still in the dream, having fun before and after, heading east and marching to the suburbs. There are loyal ministers all over the mountains, and the troops in Pingcheng are in a mess, birds and animals are scattered, and Le also committed suicide by taking poison.
Just as the "fun chaos" was going on, the book of the empty sea was rugged and expressed its willingness to pray for the rugged victory and would not leave the mountain gate for three years. Craggily overjoyed, Konghai was appointed as the Dongda Temple in Nara. Cragginess in poetry and calligraphy works. When he heard that Konghai was famous in China, Tang Gaozong awarded him the title of "Wu Bi Monk", and specially sent someone to ask Konghai for calligraphy, praising Konghai's flying white, which added feelings from then on. Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy was first introduced to Japan by Konghai. The craggy, empty sea and once left-leaning orange escape is known as the "three strokes" in the world.
With the return of Konghai to China, the clearest half-knowledge about Tantra surfaced. Konghai established Jingangfeng Temple in Gao Yanei and founded Shinrikyo. Konghai made an indelible contribution to Japanese culture: he wrote the first book in the history of Japanese thought, The Theory of Ten Living Hearts; He established a secret religious group; Under his guidance, he painted tantric paintings and made innovations in sculpture and architecture. He also wrote On Wen Jing and Mi Fei, which made a detailed study of the levels and antithesis of Tang poetry. In addition, he also participated in water conservancy projects such as Manzongtang in Zanqi and Yiritang in Yamato, and there is a saying in the world that he also created "Irubo" and Wuyintu. However, he is lonely in Japan, he has the upbringing of China people, and he has no bosom friend in Japan. He may have said that he would spend his old age in Chang 'an.
In 835 AD, Konghai died of pain. When the bad news reached Chang 'an, Qingliu Temple was silent, as if mourning for him.