民国时期的寺产之争——聚焦万载县的寺产诉讼

Estate Disputes on Buddhist Temples in Wanzai County During the Republic of China(1912-1949)

民国时期是佛教由传统社会向现代转型的重要变革时期。作为对我国社会生活产生重大影响的佛教,其整体上呈现出衰微与变革之势。寺院僧人无法维护其寺产,寺产经常被社会各种势力侵夺,业已成为较为普遍的社会现象。民国时期寺产被侵夺的方式大概可分为外部侵夺与内部侵夺两种,以外部侵夺方式为主。民国时期的寺院僧人对寺产的维权意识明显增强,其维权主要是通过佛教组织,并借助法律诉讼工具。

The Republic of China is an important period of transformation of Buddhism from traditional society to modern society.Buddhism which had exerted a great influence on our social life,on the whole,showed the trend of declination and transformation。The monks of the monastery were unable to maintain their monastery property and the temple property was often usurped by various social forces.This had become a more common social phenomenon.In the Republic of China,there were two kinds of ways in which the temple property was expropriated:external Expropriation which was main way and internal expropriation.During the period of the Republic of China,the consciousness of the monks in the monasteries to safeguard the rights of the monasteries and monasteries was obviously strengthened.The protection of their rights was mainly through Buddhist organizations,and with the help of legal litigation tools.