Research How Form The Crime Of Stealing And Damaging Holy Statue Of Buddhism Of Tang Dynasty

Tang Lv Shu Yi is the most representative of ancient Chinese Legal System.There are thirsty chapters and five hundred and two provisions.Legal History academic circle had researched many years and provided lots of fruits.Most of them emphasized on the whole code or the date of the first publication or involved others.There is little paper or monograph about one provision of the Code.Just this dissertation study one not conspicuous crime of this famed Code that is named Damaged or Ruined Holy Statue.Through re-explain the background of pre-Tang Dynasty such as society,economic or religion and so on to better comprehend how this provision developed.Then the statue is introduced.The earlier and larger grottoes,as well as the number of monasteries and monks and nuns of this period,are listed in tables,and a large number of monasteries,grottoes,monks and nuns indicate the spread of Buddhism in society.These reflect the level of activity of the constructing statues at that time.The Buddhism doctrine encourages believers to actively create monasteries and statues,the meaning of which can be happiness.This article also seeks to find out some of the statues from the perspective of economic history.There are a large part of the statue of gold and copper.Gold and copper are also valuable precious metals.Why do they appear to use gold and copper images;in addition to historical factors,the currency confusion is also an important reason."Turning money into a device and turning a device for money" is a good explanation of this phenomenon.The problem of currency confusion from the Han Dynasty had been in existence,and the same problem has been left to the Wei and Jin Dynasties;and with the influence of the war,the frequency of the regimeappeared frequently,which made the currency of the Wei and Jin Dynasties and the northern and Southern Regions extremely chaotic.When a lot of barter is used in motion,the metal currency may be used in other ways.Gold and copper statues are one of the areas.The problem of craftsmen is also mentioned in the article,which mentions that folk craftsmen 'technique is even better than that of the official,which also reflects a supporting factor of such active folk portrait activities.The last part is the introduction of anti-Buddha thought and anti-Buddha movement.Wang Chong of the post-Han Dynasty,Fan Zhen of the Southern Region,two representative figures in the field of atheism thought history,as well as the remarks of some literati and officials.Since the Eastern Han Dynasty,there have been anti-feudal theology,anti-Buddhist thought,speech and practice.Before the Tang Dynasty,the official anti-Buddha movement occurred twice-the Northern Region of Wei Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty,and all of them were located in the northern region.There are always anti-Buddha thoughts and practices in society,even such activities are represented by the official,which provides a favorable social environment for the theft and destruction of Buddha statues.Finally,describe the process of decriminalization.This section describes that the earliest known cases of theft of Buddhist statues were punished during the Northern Qi Dynasty.On the contrary,it established Buddhism under orthodox Confucianism in the form of code.This was followed by the Tang law firm,and the first example was the anti-Buddha movement in the Northern Wei and Northern Zhou dynasties.The punishment of Tang Law was not heavy,but only according to the crime of theft,which further confirmed the subordinate position of Buddhism.Soon after the establishment of the new regime,the society moved While Buddhism is uneasy,Buddhism is conducive to the maintenance of rule and the degree of borrowing is great;to be in power and to keep the society safe and secure,the people are in good health and rich,and the degree of borrowing is small.The feudal power can be adjusted at any time according to the actual social governance.