Vimalakirti Cipher

Author: Ma Tianyi
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: The sudden death of the renowned Sanskrit master Putuo has raised many suspicions. Putuo's disciple Lu Fei and female journalist Ge Bei'er attempt to uncover the mystery of Putuo's passing and accidentally discover a shocking secret. During a series of thrilling and exciting explorations, they gradually realize that Putuo had meticulously laid out layers of codes in his lifetime, and the clues to deciphering them exist among numerous famous figures associated with Vimalakirti—Wang Wei, Gu Kaizhi, Li Bai, Mei Lanfang, the Wangchuan Villa in Shaanxi, the Jinshu An in Nanjing, the Caishi Cliff in Anhui, the Putuo Collection Auction, and Peking University's Boya Tower. In a single day, Lu Fei and Ge Bei'er explore the mysteries across the Yangtze River and the Huai River by helicopter. The treasure-hoarding methods in the Leifeng Pagoda, the secret messengers of the Spartans, the origins of the celestial script, the Taiji sequence, the prototype of modern cipher machines, the secret potion and steganography, and many other enigmatic cryptographic techniques are gradually deciphered. The truth is about to be revealed. However, a mysterious Esoteric Buddhism master seems to be aware of their every move, and Ge Bei'er's superior also sets numerous obstacles for their decryption efforts. After a series of twists and unimaginable tracking and decryption, and after fierce confrontations with the evil forces hidden behind them, Lu Fei and Ge Bei'er emerge victorious, uncovering the long-standing Buddhist mystery that has remained unsolved for millennia, as well as the truth behind Putuo's sudden death. It turns out that all of this stems from a ( means "leftover relic" or "bequest") of the Buddha Shakyamuni.