Emperor Wu of Liang, Xiao Yan, was born in 464 AD and died in 549 AD. Legend has it that when Xiao Yan's mother Zhang Shangrou was pregnant, she ate the glowing calamus grass, so Xiao Yan's birth was even meaningful.

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Monks cannot eat meat, but it was actually stipulated by Emperor Wu of Liang, Xiao Yan,

Emperor Wu of Liang, Xiao Yan,

Emperor Wu of Liang, Xiao Yan, born in 464 AD, and died in 549 AD. Xiao Yan Life is a legend. Legend has it that when Xiao Yan's mother Zhang Shangrou was pregnant, she ate the glowing calamus , so Xiao Yan even had a meaning in her birth. When Xiao Yan was young, he was smart and studious, and proficient in poetry and essays. Later, he was reused by Wang Jian and began to climb to the throne.

Yongming eleven years, that is, in 493 AD, Xiao Yan saw the form in the country and calculated that Emperor Wu of Qi would kill Wang Rong who wanted to control the government and pass the throne to the cynical Xiao Zhaoye . As expected, Xiao Zhaoye was deposed by Xiao Luan , and Xiao Yan assisted Xiao Luan to firmly sit on the throne, which was Emperor Ming of Qi. In 495 AD, two years after Xiao Luan took power, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty sent troops to attack the Southern Dynasty, and Xiao Yan followed the army to fight. He established his own army and troops in Fancheng, began to develop his own power, and planned to seize power in the future.

Emperor Ming of Qi died of illness after five years of reign. His son Xiao Baojuan succeeded to the throne. Xiao Baojuan was incompetent and cruel, and killed the ministers, and soon lost the hearts of the people. Xiao Yan took the opportunity to conquer, and officials from all over the country surrendered. Later, Xiao Yan joined forces with Xiao Baorong, the king of Nankang, and supported Xiao Baorong as the emperor, who later became Emperor Qihe. The two of them captured the world and demoted Xiao Baojuan to Donghunhou. Since then, Xiao Yan is above one person and below ten thousand people.

In 502 AD, under Xiao Yan's careful arrangement step by step, the ministers of the Southern Dynasty requested Emperor Xiao Baorong to abdicate and give way to the wise; in April 502 AD, Xiao Yan registered and became the first emperor of the Southern Liang Dynasty. After Xiao Yan became emperor, he was diligent in government affairs and was busy with all kinds of things. However, in the later period, he lost the capital due to the "Hou Jing's Rebellion" and died in Taicheng. He was posthumously named Emperor Wu.

Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan Eat meat

There are countless emperors in the long river of history. Among them, the more distinctive or cute emperor belongs to Emperor Wu of Liang , because he was the first emperor in history to want to be a monk. So we know that there is a saying in the current Buddhist culture that does not eat meat in . Many people believe that the lack of eating meat in Buddhism has a certain relationship with Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan.

I believe many people have heard of Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan who sacrificed himself to the Tai Temple three times, and each time it was because the ministers used the money in the treasury to redeem the emperor. Emperor Wu of Liang admired Buddhism in a state of being more enthusiastic, and he became more crazy every time. Later, he actually wanted to give up all the land and property of his country to Tongtai Temple.

But it was precisely because of his advocacy of Buddhism that he did not devote himself to politics, and many things were not handled in time, which also brought a lot of trouble to the country at that time.

But what's so bad is that there was no modern theory of dealing with the country in the court at that time, and if Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan did not die, no one would be able to ascend the throne.

Even after the ministers tried their best to save the situation, they no longer had the idea of becoming the emperor in Tongtai Temple, and returned to the palace to study Buddhism. Later, they saw a book about Buddhism that Buddhism cannot kill. After that, Emperor Wu of Liang issued an order to prohibit killing. Later, the custom of not being able to eat meat was derived from the concept of not killing, so the custom of monks not being able to eat meat began with Emperor Wu of Liang.

From the order that Emperor Wu of Liang was unable to eat meat, we can also see from the side that Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan's passion for Buddhist culture has reached an extreme level.

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