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The Different Development Of Buddhist Temple Economy In Northern And Southern Dynasties

Posted on:2009-08-28Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z J ZhouFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360272963614Subject:History of Ancient China
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In Northern and Southern Dynasties period, the Chinese economy highlighted a unique form, namely the temple economy, its management as a basic unit of social and economic organization, long-term presence in the socio-economic system, with the socio-economic development of the corresponding development. Thus the research of temple economy is important aspects of studying Buddhism on the economy and also significant to comprehensive understand the relations of the social economic and secular Buddhism economy and the development of Buddhism secular. This article studied the temple economic development which became differences between the North and the South after entering the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The paper is divided the introduction, the main text, and the conclusion three parts.Firstly, the preface reviewed the research on the subject of current situation, elaborated on the subject of the meaning and value, and introduced the main content of this paper to clear the scope of the study; perspective of the study and methods have also done a certain note.In Wei and Jin Dynasties period, the reality of monks and nuns' growing number changed the Buddhism theory to adapt to the reality of Buddhism developing pressure. The temple economy in this case produced. Access to the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the economy has grown stranger in the temple with Jones and the Sichuang operating means as the main representative of the business model, and the temple economy have emerged the difference in the course of economic development. Specifically, in the North Sichuang a comprehensive land-centric business model was found with the increase of donated land and other factors; in South Sichuang, business management became a pillar economy of Buddhism and formed a loan sharking business consisting mainly of integrated management, due to the geographical conditions and growing business climate and other reasons. Such different reflected the strength of the Group in the process of temple economic development. Group strength showed in the source of temples establish, monks and nuns crowd, Sculptures crowd , the source of Sichuang land and several key areas. Group force Run through all and have produced a Noticeable impact to the temple economy. Buddhist did not have a full property management to the death of Buddhist monk, and also not decide its own direction of development.The article affirmed the impact to the temple economy from secular social, fatherly pointed out that the Nobles family and civilian components, for the implementation of the different ways of supporting the Buddhist group is the key to the Divergence reasons of South-North temple economic development.
Keywords/Search Tags:The Northern and Southern Dynasties, Temple economy, land, Business, Group strength
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