Buddhism In The Sixth And Seven Centuries

The article is to study the relationship between buddhist monks and politics from sixth to seventh century in China, and tries to reveal its political, religious, historical, and cultural implications through recearching the contacts among monks, emperors and courtiers. The relationship in this era is very complicated that we can find it in conflicts between buddhism and indigenous ideologies such as confucian and taoism, and in politicians’ seeking supports from religions to establish new dynasties. There were two clues interwoven in the complex relationship. The one was political changes from the North dynasty to the Sui and Tang dynasty, and from Wu Zhao’ revolution to the Tang dynasty’s coming back; the other was buddhism’s own evolution which included its indignization and esoterication. The article is comprised of four chapters:1. From Sengchou to Chouchanshi;2.Falin and Tang dynatsy’s emperor Taizong’s religious policy;3. Xuanzang by the political whirlpool;4. the relationship between monks and polictcs from from Empress Wu, Emperor Zhongzong to Emperor Ruizong.