The Relationship Between Family And Buddhism In Five To Seven Century

The Turpan region has been ruled by three regimes was the North Liang regime,Gaochang regime and Tang empire in five to seven centuries.With the establishment of the ruling regime,A large number of Chinese surname family migration from the Central Plains and the Hexi region.They quickly established the status in the Turpan society.At the same time,Mahayana Buddhism was popular in the whole society.Due to the Rulers and Family forces to support,Buddhism has continued to develop in the past three centuries.The number of monks has been growing,the Buddhist Buddhist scriptures translation is flourishing,and the temple economy is highly developed.In this period,Due to the needs of the domination,historical reasons,and the reasons for their own Buddhism,The family established a close relationship with the Buddhism.Many Buddhist monasteries have become Family monasteries,Family members have joined the Buddhist activities,and write the Buddhist Scriptures in person or hire other people,contribute to dig a cave,built the temple tower,and so on.Family members give strong support to by economy.Such as:land,food,production and living materials,even give the money directly.Blind worship of Buddhism,led to a series of social problems,It make the Utilitarianism throughout the whole society.Buddhism also provides services for the family,presided over religious activities and explain the Buddhist scriptures.To eliminate the disaster and pay for good luck when provider alive.And presided over the funeral and write the tombstones when provider die.Buddhism are supported by big family,and also be tightly controlled.It's mainly divided into two aspects:On the one hand,It's management of the population in the monastery,including Monks and Slaves.And the support of other religious forces in Turpan,Such as Zoroastrianism,Taoism,local gods.On the other hand,Economic control is also an important measure,The family hired the Monks to supervise all kinds of things in temple.Especially the land and property,levied the tax and labor service,and inherited the family property.In summary,The relationship is subtle between the two groups.They constitute the two most important aspects of the Turpan society in five to seven century,They directly affect the development of the Turpan social.