万历年间南华寺田赋争端初探

On Nanhua Temple Land Tax Dispute in Wanli

寺院是中国古代社会的重要组成部分乃至经济生产部门,禅宗祖庭南华寺亦不例外。作为经济单位的寺院,其在与社会各阶层的交集中,势必会产生利益纠葛,尤其是在土地和赋税等方面。《大藏经补编·曹溪志》中记载了一件南华寺寺田纠纷之事,其背后牵涉到寺僧与官员、佛寺与俗世之间的力量博弈。从中可见,晚明时期,佛教势力已现日渐衰颓之势。

Temple is an important part of Chinese ancient society and the economic production depart-ment,Nanhua temple is no exception.As places for economic manufacture,temples,in connection with bu-reaucracy and the public,is bound to bring a variety of interests,especially the interests of land and tax.Ti-betan Tripitaka of Cao Xizhi has recorded a dispute between parties mentioned above.The dispute repre-sented the interests conflicts between monks and government officials,which were actually confilcts be-tween the Buddism temples and the ancient government and games between Buddhist temples and the com-mon people.From this,the late Ming Dynasty,Buddhism has now gradually declining trend.