Research Of Jiajing Taoism Policy

Taoism is a locally religion in China, instructing people's life with a long time, and is most sufficiently on behalf of the Chinese culture characteristic religion. It is gradually adopted by official in the developing process, and becomes the tool of the government to control society. After establishment of Ming dynasty, Mingtaizu carries out Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism together, setting up the Buddhist monks and Taoism Yamen to manage Buddha and Taoism, and Taoism was respected. Hereafter, several generations of emperors continue to carry out the religious policy, but he is partial to Buddhism. Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism obtains the significant development in the national capital, and brings many malpractices. Because of close politic relationship with the palace.In 1521, Ming Wuzong die suddenly, Zhu Hou-cong inherited the emperor throne, reign title Jiajing, and named Emperor Jiajing. After Emperor Jiajing Inherit Throne, he join effort with the ministers, to mediate the internal contradictions of the government, abolishing the shortcoming politics in Wu Zong Dynasty, including the religious policy refurbishing. The Jiajing first year, the Jiajing government had straightened up Buddha and Taoism. Because of previous dynasty was partial to Buddhism in the religious policy, and made quite a lot mistakes in the Buddhism policy, most of Jiajing ministers don't like Buddhism, the religious reorganization in two Beijing area was strictly limited . In order to reflect a new look, the Jiajing emperor props up Taoism in the religious policy.Firstly, Jiajing improves Taoism status, giving favored treatment to the upper formation Taoist priest, bossing around Taoism leader, control letter audiences by this; Through seals the ancestor unceasingly and, not only the gain sun is legitimate, indicates is in itself the world king, is also the god. Jiajing also controls Taoism through the appointment Taoism management structure personnel. Although Jiajing is partial to Taoism, but request all meek feudal officials have not abandoned the Confucian to become a lay priest. Jiajing later period's cabinet auxiliary Xu Jie ,the Prime minister and his entire family believes in Buddhism . Jiajing a person mainly displays by chance to ceremonial prayer in lifelong. The Jiajing dynasty sets up an altar and prays the activity, praying the child to ferment long ago primarily, the mid and late stage imbalance routine year old standard, offers birthday congratulations, the old age borrows the climate and phenomena of the solar terms scenery, the important matter prays. The number of ceremonial prayer is frequent gradually, the scale is also getting bigger and bigger, the time is gradually long. The nature of ceremonial prayer is Jin Lu Zhai for the king, setting up a vast and stately altar.Jiajing respects Taoism in his lifelong, which affected politics, economy, culture and so on deeply, Jiajing's Taoism policy does not accommodate for the numerous Confucian scholars, therefore Jiajing's motion was charged by minister."The light punishment thought"is in the legal system, Jiajing faces pities the punishment many times, therefore the some illegal criminal offender can be sentenced lightly, even escaping the punishment. In economic aspect, on the one hand, frequent ceremonial prayer has consumed the massive financial and material resource; On the other hand, because of ceremonial prayer, massive Taoism china was produced. Along with dissemination and status enhancement of Taoism, Taoist monastery quantity increases continuously, the Religious Tourism and the Taoist temple economy was developed obviously. Jigjig's Hobby also influence literature, producing novel about Taoism ; Social convention's influence, the love story, the god evil spirit novel are prosperous; the religious Drama increase, and the enlightened function is obvious. In the Jailing time, Taoism fundamental research is not remarkable progresses, Taoism was further secularist.