From The Extermination Of Buddhism By Four Emperprs Analyses Religious Policy In Their Times Of Rulers And Its Impact

The extermination of Buddhism by four emperors is the important and gent event in the ancient history of China and the Chinese Buddhist history, but also the same ones in the ancient and medieval history of the world and the ecumenical Buddhist history. Since the Han Dynasty when Buddhism came to China, after the Han, Wei and Jin Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, has been nearly two millennia of history. The Sui and Tang Dynasties period Buddhism with Chinese style and characteristics of the various schools of Buddhism have been generated. Buddhism in China after a long and difficult process, and the Chinese Buddhist culture on the ideological identity has also gone to accept an exclusion from the process. At the same time, China's ancient rulers of religious policy-making and the management of religious affairs must also summed up the experience and lessons learned.Based on the extermination of Buddhism by four emperors in the government's religious policy for the study, by the time the order is divided into four parts, and the extermination of Buddhism by four emperors before and after the incident when the government policies on religious studies and interpretation.The first part, through four events before the extermination of Buddhism by four emperors'characteristics and the development of Buddhism in the religious policy of the government, we understand that, in the extermination of Buddhism by four emperors before, the rulers have, in varying degrees, on the management of religious affairs. And management of religious affairs in the process, demonstrated by the religious policies of the different tendencies. And the Northern Wei Dynasty in the Northern Zhou Dynasty Emperor had before, but later because of many reasons started to oppose Buddhism. Wu Tang and personal beliefs as reasons Later Zhou Dynasty because of political reasons for the concept of Buddhism from the very beginning of exclusion.The second part, from the four the extermination of Buddhism social and historical causes of the incident and ideological reasons start with the study through research in four different historical periods, when the government in nation building on the dependence of the different religious and various historical periods of Buddhism and Confucianism, Taoism relations between the different analysis, the extermination of Buddhism by four emperors'the root causes of its essence lies in maintaining the rule of the rulers. Whether the extermination of Buddhism by four emperors'the fundamental reason lies in political, economic, military or culture, the core goal is stability when the government rules.The third part, the rulers of the extermination of Buddhism by four emperors'specific policy initiatives and religious study. Through research: When the government in nation building on the degree of dependence on different religions and various historical periods of Buddhism and Confucianism, Taoism relations between the different analysis of he extermination of Buddhism by four emperors'the root causes, its essence lies in safeguarding the rule of the rulers. Whether he extermination of Buddhism by four emperors'the fundamental reason is that political, economic, military or culture, its core goal is stability in when the government's rulePart IV, summed up the extermination of Buddhism by four emperors'period before and after the incident and when the government religious policy implications. These effects mainly as follows: in the area of religion, especially Buddhism, Buddhist accelerated the process of its China in the secular society and secular culture, the Chinese community in the recognition of religious forces on the basis of strengthening the management of religious affairs. At the same time, Chinese culture to foreign cultural inclusiveness has also enhanced the increase.