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First of all, the ancient emperor was afraid that religion would affect politics and overthrow his rule, and then our country has always believed in Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in ancient times, and other sects were often treated as heretics, and finally, the ancient rulers were also afraid that the people would not believe in the imperial court after believing in Buddhism, so they would destroy Buddhism.
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When analyzing historical events, the most important reasons are often economic and political reasons, and the occurrence of the Buddha extinction event definitely affects the interests of the ruling class, so it will be caused.
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Because Buddhists are not required to serve in the military. Not only did the Buddhists not have to serve in the military, but they also did not have to pay taxes, which influenced the rule of Emperor Taiwu. In the thought of Buddhism, there are positive factors such as purifying sentient beings and doing more good deeds
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The incident of Tang Wuzong's extermination of Buddhism should start from the period of Tang Xianzong. Tang Xianzong believed in Buddhism very much, and under his leadership, the Tang Dynasty at that time also broke out a wave of worship of Buddhism. Many Tang Dynasty kings after Tang Xianzong also continued to respect Buddhism, and Buddhism also developed vigorously.
However, while Buddhism was developing, the national power of the Tang Dynasty was gradually declining. After Tang Wuzong ascended the throne, he did not want the Tang Dynasty to continue to decline due to the development of Buddhism, so he decided to abolish Buddhism. With this decision, a series of actions to destroy the Buddha followed.
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I still want to fight for too much wealth for the country, because in the past, the land of the temple was not taxed, and many people became monks, which caused the country's tax revenue to decrease, and the land was difficult to collect because of the temple, and then many people believed in Buddhism, resulting in more and more temple land, and the country was difficult to maintain in the long run, so I had to increase the national tax revenue through this matter.
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All the actions done by the rulers are basically from the perspective of maintaining the rule of the state, and the interests of the regime are the fundamental starting point. Therefore, the four ancient extermination campaigns were, in the final analysis, the development of Buddhism hindered the rule of the emperor and the pursuit of interests.
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Because some people think that Buddhas are very influential in people's minds and will make people addicted to them, they don't like Buddhas like this.
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Emperor Ming's dream of the golden armor god is the prototype of the Buddha in the Western Elysium, Emperor Ming later began to build a temple, and the first Buddhist temple became the White Horse Temple, it can be seen that Emperor Ming admired this golden armor god sect, of course, after that, other religions continued to flow into China, and Buddhism has slowly deteriorated in the mouths of many people, so many people chose other religions to believe.
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Because different religions have different beliefs, friction is indispensable, which can turn into violence.
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That's because there were several dynasties where people believed in Buddhism, and they became obsessed, and many people joined Buddhism in order to avoid forced labor or taxes, and the land was uninhabited, and the number of people cultivating it also decreased dramatically.
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The act of destroying Buddha was slandered by people of other religions, such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who was bewitched by Taoist priests in his later years.
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In ancient times, there were many incidents of exterminating Buddhism related to the ideological requirements of the rulers at that time, who believed that Buddhism was not conducive to the rule, so they adopted the action of exterminating Buddhism.
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Three martial arts and one sectEmperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Buddhism and Taoism all attackedPolitical interests are the starting point of everythingThe reason why Buddhism rose and died in ancient times was that Buddhism harmed national interests for a certain period of time, and political interests were the starting point of everything in the country. Moreover, it can be seen that the rulers destroyed Buddhism not to target religions, but to profit from lawless monks.
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First of all, the birthplace of Buddhism is not China, but India, that is to say, a religion that came to China from India, this religion is mainly to persuade people to do good, which can be said to be a relatively good religious belief, but most of those events that occurred in ancient times were related to political rule.
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Not every dynasty of the Chinese believed in Buddhism, and there have been disputes between Buddhism and Taoism since ancient times. Because the monasteries are tax-free, many people put their land and property in the monasteries to avoid paying taxes, which caused the hidden danger of destroying the Buddha.
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Chinese believe in Buddhism, but in ancient times, because people did not have a thorough understanding of such a thing, and Buddhism was also disliked by many people.
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