浅议魏晋南北朝时期女性出家之现象

A Brief Talk about Women Renouncing Families in the wei, Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties

佛教自西汉末传入中国,在魏晋南北朝时期已出现兴盛的局面。女性出家在此时期遂成为普遍的社会现象,这是苦难的社会现实使然,又决定于妇女这一社会群体的生活特点,同时又有相应的社会风尚的因素在内。反过来,妇女出家的普遍对社会经济、社会生活又有着一定的影响,是认识这一时期历史变迁的重要方面。

Buddhism was widely practised in the Wei, Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties since it was spread to China at the end of Western Han Dynasty. Many women began to renounce families as a result of an era of suffering, and also of their group characteristics and social habits and customs. On the other hard, women' s renouncing families exerted a certain influence on social economy and life, which greatly helped to understand the historical change of the time.