That Year Emperor Wu of Liang Believed in Buddhism

Name: That Year Emperor Wu of Liang Believed in Buddhism
Author: Staring Into The Dusk

by Staring Into The Dusk

ongoing History Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties Male Lead

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He was the most legendary emperor in the Southern Dynasties. He could write poems with a pen and raise an army with a sword. He could found a country and proclaim himself emperor, but he could also take off his dragon robe and sacrifice himself in the temple four times. People say that Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang, became an idiot because of his belief in Buddhism and neglected government affairs, which eventually brought down the country. But who knew that the first time he recited the name of the Buddha was not in a temple, but on a battlefield where rivers of blood flowed. He has seen innocent souls brought to justice, powerful ministers imprisoned, his brother killed by poisoned wine, and ordinary people in troubled times crushed like grass. So he wanted to use Buddhism to save the world, use compassion to change people's hearts, and use precepts to rebuild a pure world. But when the Buddha's light shines into the depths of power, compassion will turn into obsession. The most difficult thing for those who save sentient beings is themselves. This is a historical Buddhist novel about Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty. It writes about the ambitions of emperors and the confusion of practitioners; it writes about the romance and bloodshed of the Southern Dynasties, and also writes about how Buddhism illuminates people's hearts in troubled times. An emperor, a string of rosary beads, a long sword, a country that is about to collapse. Did he believe in Buddha or himself?