The Minxian Bstan-pa-mtho-bavi-sde New Study Finds The Contract Documents

The new discovery contract documents of the Bstan-pa-mtho-bavi-sde demonstrate the economic changes in temple ownership. From the period of ChongZhen five years to 1954, the time span for more than three hundred and twenty years. Their contents are extremely rich, include land system, judicial and legal system, tax, local conditions and customs, temple management system and so on. They are extremely valuable raw materials. Through analysis the contents of these contract documents, research the transaction reasons and mode.To research the Bstan-pa-mtho-bavi-sde contract documents, there are three levels of the problem should be solved. We must first compile the content of contract documents. Secondly, through the contents of these documents, sum up the relevant characteristics and reflect the real problem. Third, combine the social background, find the reasons of them produce. So the text were divided into four parts. The introduction is the related studies introduction of Bstan-pa-mtho-bavi-sde and status quo. The first chapter of this article is a copy of the contract documents based rehabilitation period of the Ming and Qing dynasty, to sum up their specific contents and analysis their contents in brief. The second chapter is the introduction of the contract documents from R.O.C six years to R.O.C thirty-nine years. This chapter involves a number of documents, so choice 42 documents which directly related to the Bstan-pa-mtho-bavi-sde as a leading research objects, and the rest for a brief introduction. To the third chapter, analysis the contract documents after 1949, deduce those documents with no dates. The content of the fourth chapter is the review and extend of the three chapters before. With the social and historical background, explore the reasons of the formation of these documents. The last part is the conclusion of the text, with the social and historical environment to evaluate these instruments played by the utility and practical significance.In short, the 70 contract documents are original records of the Bstan-pa-mtho-bavi-sde economic situation and political situation. Through our study, for we go deep into find out the economic situation, political situation and the economic exchanges situation of the Bstan-pa-mtho-bavi-sde in the period of Ming and Qing dynasty to 1954.