Monk Is Not Born: The Secular Characteristics Of The Nuns In The Sui And Tang Dynasties

Buddhism was introduced into China in the end of the Han Dynasty. After severalhundred years of development, every aspect of Buddhist reached its peak during Suiand Tang Dynasties period. The Tang Dynasty Buddhist are unprecedented in thehistory of China in the achievements and status of the classic translation activities, artcarving, historical directory production and cultural exchange between China andforeign countries, and even Buddhism has gradually formed various Buddhist sectswith Chinese characteristics under the influence of Chinese traditional culture, whichalso become an important symbol of the accomplishment of the localization ofBuddhism in China. The biggest characteristic of the Chinese Buddhism issecularization, which with utilitarianism as the core. Affected by this, the Buddhistnun members also tends more and more to the pursuit of practical interest and socialreputation, so their religious achievement is relatively decreased during the Sui andTang Dynasties, but with the religion’s decline, their sociality and secularity was ingradually increasing. They were no longer willing to live a lifetime in the cool,isolated temples, but broke the precepts of Buddhism to establish links with thesociety. Especially the performance in all aspects of characteristics of the Sui andTang Dynasties is different from the previous generation. The cause of theseincreasingly secularity lies not only on the effects of the society, but also theinseparable Buddhist itself.