Why did there be three large scale extermination of Buddhas in history?

In order to justify himself on the throne, Wu Zetian also wanted to unify the north in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty wanted to kill Yuwen Hu, so there were three large-scale extermination of Buddha.

There were three large-scale incidents, especially the Northern Wei Dynasty unified the north, and it was Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty who killed Yuwen Hu, and Wu Zetian ascended the throne for himself, so he destroyed the Buddha.

The first time he destroyed the Buddha, after Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty unified the north, he found that the monk and the Hu people had colluded, so he killed the monk; The second time he destroyed the Buddha, it was Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty who destroyed the Buddhist temple in order to take the power into his own hands and let the monks return to the world; The third time the Buddha was destroyed, because Wu Zetian wanted to ascend the throne smoothly, so he destroyed the Buddha.

That's because Buddhism has done a lot of bad things in history, and it has had a great impact on the society at that time, and at the same time, it has also caused a lot of harm.

Because Buddhism had a great influence at that time, and the behavior was very bad, and at the same time it had great ambitions.

When something bad happens, then it must be at some level to suppress its existence and existence, this is certain.

The three martial artists destroyed the Buddha was the Northern Wei Emperor Taiwu Emperor to destroy the Buddha, the Northern Zhou Emperor Wu Emperor to destroy the Buddha, and the Tang Wuzong to destroy the Buddha. Mainly because of the conflict in the ideological and cultural sphere.

They refer to the events of Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty to eliminate Buddhism. The incident of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty exterminating Buddhism, as well as the incident of Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty exterminating Buddhism. This is because the development of Buddhism has limited the development of the imperial court, and has had a relatively serious impact on the imperial court, resulting in the limited development of the imperial court, so Buddhism will be eliminated.

It's because the way Buddhism thinks and their way of thinking is different, and they want to maintain their rule by facing the Buddha.

There were four Buddha extinction incidents, the initiators were Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Zhou Shizong, and Tang Wuzong.

According to incomplete statistics, in the history of China, there were four events of destroying Buddha, this is because Buddhism and the rulers at that time were different from the ruling philosophy, Buddhism advocated compassion, and the rulers at that time in order to dominate the world, can only shed blood, so that Buddhism has become an obstacle to the world, can only destroy Buddhism, which is very different from Taoism, because Taoism advocates self-cultivation, and will not be thrown into the red dust to question the concept of the ruler, so there is no obstacle to the ruler, So there is no such thing as destroying the way.

There have been four times, namely the destruction of Buddha by Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the destruction of Buddha by Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the destruction of Buddha by Emperor Wuzong of Tang Dynasty and the destruction of Buddha by Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty. There have also been incidents of extermination, the biggest one was during the period of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, when he destroyed the Buddha and destroyed the Dao.

There have been two large-scale extermination of Buddhism, but there has never been an incident of extermination, because Taoism emphasizes quiet inaction, will not participate in politics, and does not pose any threat to the rulers of feudal society.

1.The first legal challenge was after the Northern Wei Dynasty destroyed the Northern Liang, and the rulers of the Northern Wei Dynasty were faced with various social contradictions, and Emperor Daowu implemented some reform measures in order to consolidate his dominance. Buddhism was also relatively lenient, so Buddhism developed relatively quickly in a relatively short period of fifty or sixty years.

Later, because Emperor Taiwu listened to the one-sided words of Taoism, saying that Buddhism was a foreign religion and could not be trusted, he brazenly launched a large-scale campaign to exterminate Buddhism.

2.The second time was in the third year of Emperor Wu of Zhou, because the Yellow Emperor Yuwen Jue was young, the power was in the hands of his cousin Yuwen Hu, the following year Yuwen Hu established Yuwen Yong as the emperor, that is, Emperor Taiwu, the first year of Jiande, the new emperor Yuwen Yong killed his cousin, and he was in charge of the government alone.

3.The third time was during the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Tang Dynasty was very disgusted with Buddhism, and in April of the fifth year of Huichang, he ordered an inventory of the number of monasteries and monks in the country, and in August, he ordered the demolition of 4,600 temples and more than 40,000 private monks' residences in the country of Fuguo within a time limit, such as Wutai Mountain, leaving only a small remote temple Nanchan Temple, and ordered all the monks and nuns to return home, so that Buddhism suffered an unprecedented major blow.

Since Buddhism was introduced to China in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it has developed extremely rapidly, but it has suffered several catastrophes in the Northern Dynasties and the late Tang Dynasty: Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty and Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty have set off three large-scale movements to ban and destroy Buddhism.

Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Tang Gaozu (relatively light).

After Tang Wuzong, Zhou Shizong.

Fifty years ago.

1.Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty destroyed the Buddha, starting from the fifth year of Taiping Zhenjun (444) to his death, and the time of abolition of the Buddha was six years.

2.Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Buddha, from the third year of Jiande (574) to his death (578), the time of extinction of the Buddha was five years.

3.Tang Wuzong destroyed the Buddha, from the second year of Huichang (842) to his death (846), the time of destroying the Buddha was six years. The history is known as "Huichang Law Difficulty".

The four extermination of Buddha in Chinese history are collectively referred to as the Three Martial Arts and One Sect, and the Three Martial Arts refer to Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty; One is both Zhou Shizong