唐《御史台精舍碑》略说

A Stady of the Yushitai Temple Monument in Tang Dynasty

唐御史台精舍设立的缘起及御史台精舍碑碑文內容及文字意义,均沒有体现唐代政教合一的狱政措施的有关內容。唐《御史台精舍碑》并不代表唐代武则天时期利用佛教感化罪臣的吏治理念,且御史台精舍也并非让有罪的官员在佛堂中面对佛祖而自省,通过忏悔达到悔罪与自新的政教合一的实物。而是在武则天晚年打击酷吏、冤案惨重的形势下,御史台官员们在戾气甚重的特殊生存环境中,乞求消除戾气、祈福求安,作为心理寄托的非官方建筑。

The establishment of the Yushitai temple in Tang Dynasty and its inscription don＇ t reflect that the idea of the combination of politics and religion existed in the administrative measures in Tang Dynasty＇ s prisons. Therefore, Yushitai Temple Monument does not indicate that Wu Zetian tried to influence the guilty of- ficials by Buddhism, thus the Yushitai temple is also not the place that guilty officials can introspect and reform themselves in front of the Buddhist statue. Actually, Yushitai Temple is an unofficial place where the officials of Yushitai could bless and seek psychological comfort in the latter ruling period of Wu Zetian when oppressive officials were severely punished and injustice cases commonly existed.