Late Tang Dynasty Taoist Thought Social History Research

The end of Tang Dynasty and Five Dynasties and Ten States is a turbulent times, experienced in the Sui and Tang dynasties prosperous times later, during the late abnormal unrest, political, economic reigning house after300 uprising of depression, cultural imprison, make the whole social atmosphere very rigid stalemate.Especially the political blockade and clamp is to allow men of letters rest on its laurels, social unrest, people living in dire straits, suffering unspeakable, and the luxury of those in power lust In stark contrast, it takes a cavity blood of the young people who wrote books on occasion, have also carried out attacks on social injustice, a representative figure of Taoism and Confucianism thought the idea to establish a united front this time, but have also directed against the ruling class, expressed the yearning for an ideal society.This period of Taoist thinking characteristics are mainly concentrated in for the social status of criticism and irony, more it is a kind of social drawbacks of helpless. So the five dynasties of Taoist development, tang is stay on the social reality of concern that the period of unrest have dominated the whole life, this period of Taoism theory development with a stronger sense of social responsibility and redeemed feeling. People have experienced the variety of the holocaust, so more yearning stability and quiet life, also because of this, in the society are ruthless works and criticized, more show the small-scale peasant that life desires, hope to have an ideal social environment.Troubled times, referring to the chaotic instability of the times .Nothing down, nothing up. Sprite times means more stable society, strengthen the regime, people's basic livelihood is guaranteed Will the northern and southern dynasties, desperate sui this period of history and a comparison, concluded that social situation, economic status and political culture and so on various aspects for the influence of Taoism conclusion.In the Wei Jin dynasties sixteen-member and eastern stroke river and rule, then is the opposite of the northern and southern dynasties ruled the opposite of the northern and southern dynasties ruled in southern dynasties of Song, Qi, Liang, Chen four dynastic change, and the north is with the northern Wei dynasty, DongWei, XiWei, BeiZhou BeiQi rule. This period of Confucian metaphysics, Buddhism and other flourishing, Taoism hair space is small, but later TaoHongJing, etc, with the emergence of scholar-officials, conditions change, discusses LianDan, immortals, scholar-officials Fulu etc, TaoHongJing more participation in politics, do the "ruler" in the mountains. Overall this period of Taoism history is scattered, from the form of folk religion slowly towards the orthodox, and even began to participate in politics, for the prosperity of tang dynasty Taoism laid a foundation.Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty is the same in economic production recovery, political stability and social stability, the national fusion, Taoist quiet unreal thoughts plays an important role in guiding the by this period stability and harmonious social conditions affect, plus lee tang enshrines laozi,Taoism presents a flourishing, heavy metaphysics prevailed, for the later neo-confucianism lay the foundation.