藏传佛教和僧人在元代政治中的地位

Buddhism Disseminated in Tibet and Buddhist Monks as well as Their Political Positions during the Yuan Dynasty

蒙古同西藏发生正式联系是在成吉思汗之子窝阔台汗在位时期 (12 2 9— 12 4 1年 ) ,第一个和西藏发生政治联系的西路军统帅、蒙古皇子阔端。在阔端眼中 ,若要很好地经营这些藏区 ,就必须因势利导 ,以佛治佛 ,即“以蕃治蕃”方为上策 ,从而利用了藏传佛教或藏传佛教僧人全权代表 ,通过萨迦班智达和八思巴等宗教领袖确立了对吐蕃的有效统治。

General Kuoduan is the first Mongol from 1229 to 1241 who politically got in touch with Tibet.In his eyes,the best thing to manage Tibet was to ‘govern Buddhist monks with Buddhism’,Thus,he established effective government by making use of Buddhism disseminated in Tibet as well as its plenipolentaries.