A Study On The Religious Belief Of Officialdom In Luoyang Of Northern Wei Dynasty

As the front of national integration and international cultural communication in the period of Wei Jin southern and northern dynasties, Bei Wei Luoyang wss the political, economic and cultural center of the Bei Wei Dynasty. Deeply influenced by national and cultural integration, historical factors and their own reasons, the government official class which active in Bei Wei society formed a unique pattern of religious belief. This special pattern of belief profoundly Influenced the social life and ideology of Bei Wei’s government official class. Meanwhile, it was also a microcosm of the Bei Wei Luoyang’s social religion.This article aim at the religion belief of Bei Wei’s government official class, begin with analyzing the social situation before and after Bei Wei moved to Luoyang, then attempt to outline the era context of the government official class’s religion of Bei Wei, and learn about the social situation of Bei Wei’s religion. First, I make macroscopic analysis of the religious situation of Bei Wei’s government official class, try to restore the situation, and research the reason of government official class’choices of religion, and explore the factors affected their religion. Second, according to the factors affected religion Bei Wei Luoyang’s government official class, their religion can be divided into three types:national oriented religion voluntary religion and folk religion. National oriented religion including Agricultural God faith, the national orthodox faith, ancestor faith and sages faith; Voluntary religion mainly including Buddhism and Taoism; folk religion species complex, this paper mainly expounds augury and predicted. Last, make historical and data analysis on the religions of Bei Wei Luoyang’s government official class, give a summary of the reasons and characteristics of their various religions.This Study concludes that there are four features of the religious beliefs of Bei Wei Luoyang’s government official class under the historical background of ethnic cultural integration. First, the Buddhist faith had a dominant status. Second, Buddhism had a strong religious utilitarianism. Third, the religious integration trended to strengthen. Fourth, their religious beliefs also reflected the characteristic of national and cultural integration. This study draws the outline of the religious beliefs of Bei Wei Luoyang’s government official class, points out that their religious beliefs have the characteristics of integration, diversity and utilitarianism, And through these characteristics we can further glimpse the general picture of Bei Wei’s social religious beliefs.