As the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, why didn't Zhu Yuanzhang follow the example of the ancients and worship Mount Tai?

As the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, with his personal strength and merits, is absolutely qualified to worship Zen in Mount Tai. His failure to meditate in Mount Tai is related to the history of meditation in Mount Tai. Is it blasphemous for an emperor who is not qualified to meditate to meditate on Mount Tai? Shenshan? It also made Mount Tai's feat of meditation a laughing stock of future generations.

The emperor who became a joke of Zen Buddhism was Song Zhenzong Zhao Huan, the third emperor in the Song Dynasty. The emperor's evaluation of later generations showed a one-sided trend, which was negative. In the unpopular situation of Song Zhenzong and Zhao Huan, the worship of Mount Tai became a sacred event despised by emperors.

Mount Tai in Song Zhenzong has become a joke. Pollution? When Song Zhenzong Zhao Huan was in power, he did something critical of later generations. He came to a conclusion. Yuan Geng League? It was a shameful agreement, but Song Zhenzong Zhao Huan was proud of it and used it as a reason to meditate on Mount Tai.

Yuan Geng League? The signatory country is Liao, and besides the two countries being repaired, they even paid tribute to Liao. Under the background of the signing of the Covenant, the strength of Song Dynasty was stronger, while that of Liao was weaker. Even if we use military force to fight, it should be a tribute from Liao country, not from Song Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang was in high spirits and didn't want to compare with Song Zhenzong. Besides Song Zhenzong and Zhao Heng, there were Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty, Tang Gaozong and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, all of whom went to Mount Tai to meditate. Although these five emperors are not worthy of the name, they are all accepted by future generations and emperors. Only what Song Zhenzong and Zhao Huan did during their reign was unacceptable. Since then, there has never been an emperor of Mount Tai to worship Zen.

Zhu Yuanzhang's own heart is very high, and his great achievements can be compared with Tang Zong's Hanwu. If you go to Mount Tai to meditate, it means that he and Song Zhenzong are of the same class, so he naturally doesn't want to demean himself and do such a thing.

Since Song Zhenzong, Mount Tai has no longer been respected by emperors. Because of this, Zhu Yuanzhang did not yearn for Mount Tai, but meditated on Mount Tai.