The Shallow Research On People's Idea Of Fate In The Tang Dynasty And The Five Dynasties

this article classifies people's idea of fate into three categories. The fate being determine by God's will, people's ethics and Buddhism retribution.The fate being determined by God's will It appears in primitive society. According to literature, it was very popular in Spring and Autumn period. After hundreds of years, it reached the height of power and splendor in the Tang Dynasty. This situation is closely related with the social environment. At the same time, it indicates the decline of the fate being determined by God's will. The article discusses this problem from five aspects: official career, poor and rich, life and death, marriage and diet. Thereby it proved that fate being determined by God's will was embodied in almost all the social activities. Besides, the people in that times thought that violating the fate being determined by God's will will have a great disaster.The fete being determined by people's ethics It also appears long long ago. Later, it gradually developed. In Qin Dynasty and Han Dynasty, because of the great encouragement of centralized state, it had been accepted by most of people. It believes that ghosts and gods manage people's fate according to people's ethics. The noble will be awarded, the humble will be punished. In the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, it changed a lot because of the influence of Buddhism. Besides, it began to decline.The fate being determined by Buddhism retribution It widely develops with the Buddhism's spread. It thinks people's life is an effect of previous existence, it is also a cause of afterlife. In the Tang Dynasty, it developed greatly because of the prosperity of Buddhism.In a word, we can draw a conclusion: the spread of Buddhism in china greatly influence Chinese traditional culture.