Tang Xuanzong ordered the suppression of Buddha, who is behind the trouble?

It was Yao Chong, who was the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, who believed that Buddhism wasted a lot of manpower and material resources and was not beneficial to social development, so he asked Tang Xuanzong to suppress the development of Buddhism and pay more attention to the development of labor.

It is Buddhism that does things by itself, Buddhism uses the land given by the imperial court to rent out those people, the imperial court must not be accustomed to this kind of behavior, it is normal to suppress Buddha, and there is also killing Buddha.

Tang Xuanzong ordered the suppression of Buddhism, which was the suggestion of Prime Minister Yao Chong, when Buddhism arose, a large number of Buddhist temples were built, which not only consumed a lot of manpower and material resources, but also because the monks and nuns enjoyed the privilege of being exempted from servitude, resulting in a large number of laborers leaving home and not doing production, which directly affected the financial income of the Tang Dynasty.

Reasons for the destruction of the Buddha:

1. Buddhism is a foreign religion, the development of Buddhism, to the temple and monks to bring huge economic benefits, plus Buddhist temples often enjoy tax exemption, land, maids, slaves and other privileges, which has caused a great concentration of social wealth to Buddhist temples, seriously affected the development of social economy, the Tang Dynasty will Chang extinguish the Buddha said "ten world wealth, and the Buddha has seven or eight".

2. In addition, monks do not produce and do not perform labor, and also have a large number of servants and maids, which has a more obvious impact on the social economy and military in ancient times when human resources were scarce. The excessive development of the economic power of the monasteries finally aroused the strong dissatisfaction of the secular ruling class, and the behavior of the monks who did not abide by the precepts and occupied the fields and fish and meat accumulated a large number of social contradictions, and when the contradictions were intense, the ruling class solved them through political means. The difficulty of the so-called "three martial arts and one sect" in the history of Chinese Buddhism is also the result of the intensification of this contradiction and struggle.

The destruction of the Buddha in Huichang refers to the reign of Li Yan of Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty (840-846), which implemented a series of policies of "exterminating the Buddha", culminating in the edict issued in April of the fifth year of Huichang (845), which Buddhists called "Huichang Fa Difficult".

The destruction of the Buddha in Huichang refers to the reign of Li Yan of Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty (840-846), which implemented a series of policies of "exterminating the Buddha", culminating in the edict issued in April of the fifth year of Huichang (845), which Buddhists called "Huichang Fa Difficult".

It is because the development of Buddhism has affected the development of the country, occupying a large amount of land and not paying taxes.

I think the real reason why Tang Wuzong destroyed Buddhism was that Buddhism imprisoned people's minds and made people more backward, so they wanted to destroy Buddha.

A large number of temples occupied a large amount of available land, which was not conducive to planning the development of the imperial court, and the number of temples increased, the number of monks who became monks also increased, the number of cultivators decreased, and the taxes decreased, which affected the national fiscal revenue.

The destruction of the Buddha in Huichang refers to the reign of Li Yan of Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty (840-846), which implemented a series of policies of "exterminating the Buddha", culminating in the edict issued in April of the fifth year of Huichang (845), which Buddhists called "Huichang Fa Difficult".

No one would do something for no reason, and it is estimated that he was injured in the matter of the Buddha in the early days when he destroyed the Buddha.

It may be because Tang Wuzong didn't like the Buddhist principles of Buddhism, so he wantonly destroyed the Buddha statues.

Han Yu proceeded from a Confucian standpoint and resolutely opposed it. He believed that Buddhism was only the method of Yidi, not inherent in China, and therefore did not conform to the way of the previous kings.

The main reason is the competition between Tang Wuzong and Tang Xuanzong, at that time, Buddhism protected Tang Seng Sect, and it was also on the opposite side of Tang Wuzong.

The power struggle between Tang Wuzong and Tang Xuanzong, the author believes that the fundamental reason for Tang Wuzong's destruction of Buddhism was the power struggle between Tang Wuzong and Tang Xuanzong.

The reason why Wuzong destroyed Buddhism was to hunt down and kill Xuanzong, and on the other hand, to vent his hatred for the Buddhism that protected Xuanzong.

Because when Tang Wuzong chased and killed Xuanzong, Buddhist temples provided protection for Xuanzong.

During the time of Wu Zetian, most of the public and private farms and houses in the country were occupied by monks. Later, the Juntian system was destroyed, and the temple was expanded. In addition, usury is also used to make profits.

In this way, the contradiction between the economy and the interests of secular landlords deepened. By the time of Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty (reigned 841 846), he finally ordered the destruction of Buddhism, saying that Huichang was difficult, which dealt a great blow to the development of Buddhism. Later, Zhou Shizong (r. 954 958) of the fifth dynasty also ordered the destruction of the Buddha.