论晚清贵州佛教的衰落

贵州佛教经过明末清初的鼎盛发展之后,至晚清乃呈衰落之势。考其原因,从主观上讲,是由于贵州佛教日益世俗化、功利化,流于形式;从客观上看,则与“咸同之乱”和“庙产兴学”有直接关系,境内佛教寺庙,或被战火毁坏殆尽,或被“庙产兴学”占用,致使晚清贵州佛教遭到重创而一蹶不振。

The Up and Down of Buddhism in Guizhou in the Late Qing Dynasty

After a full development of Buddhism at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, it began to decline in the late Qing Dynasty. With a study of the causative factors, we can find that subjectively, it is the outcome of the ever - increasing secularity and utility and is becoming more and more formalistic. Objectively, it is directly influenced by "the rebellion in the Regime Xian Feng and of Tong Zhi"and by "holding schooling within the temples". The temples inside Guizhou were destroyed either by wars or by "the movement of holding schooling within the temples". The result is that Buddhism in the late Qing Dynasty was seriously damaged and could not recover easily within a short period.