太武帝大规模“灭法”原因初探

Probe into Taiwu Emperor's Great “Extincting Buddhists”

佛教在西汉时进入中土,到魏晋南北朝得到广泛传播。北魏佛教文化在平城近百年的发展中出现过一些波折,受过太武灭法的重创。拓跋焘从太平真君年间开始的灭法运动,是佛教传入中国之后第一次也是规模最大的一次灭法运动,这次灭法运动有深刻的政治、经济、文化、宗教等方面的原因,对佛教文化的破坏极大,但也为其后文成时期佛教文化复兴埋下了种子。

Buddist culture of Beiwei times took twists and turns in Ping city's (Datong ) one-hundred-year development, and experienced heavy damages by Taiw u Emperor's extincting of Buddhists.As Taiwu emoeror, Tuo Bagui had begun the ca mpaign of extincting Buddhists during the years of Tai Ping Zhenjun, which was t he biggest one after Buddhism had been brought into China. This campaign had man y deep causes such as politics, economy, culture, religion etc. It had destroyed Buddhism culture greatly though it put the seeds under the ground for the resur ge of following Wencheng times' Buddhism.