Saicho was also another outstandingly brilliant one who went to China together with Kukai.
空海と違い、最澄はとてもスムースで早く高級官僚試験に合格しました。
Unlike Kukai, he passed the elite bureaucrat exam very smoothly and quickly.
当時朝廷は最澄こそ唐の最先端の知識と技術を日本に持ち帰り、それを教える学校を作るエースと見ていました。
Japan’s dynasty (the central government at the time) saw him as the ace who would bring the cutting-edge knowledge and skills back and establish his school in Japan.
ゆえに、唐の最先端の知識と技術をいち早く日本に取り入れたかった当時の朝廷は、最澄なら唐で1年も学んでくれば十分であろうとし、1年で最澄を唐から呼び戻しています。
Since the dynasty wanted to make it happen as soon as possible and thought a year would do for Saicho, they called him back a year after he left.
一方、2年の留学を終えた空海は日本で密教の普及に尽力し、後にそれを教える学校を作りました。
Meanwhile, after 2 years of studying abroad, Kukai came back to strive spreading Esoteric Buddism in Japan, and he later on established his school.
