后周废寺汰僧数量考

关于后周大举限佛废寺汰僧的数量,学界都说是废寺庵三万余所,汰僧尼六十多万人,占寺庵僧尼总数的九成以上。但从寺庵数的历史基础、限佛后的历史发展、当时政区和寺庵僧尼的密度、数学和概率的可能性诸方面研究考证,应该是仅废去了三千余所寺庵,还俗了七万多僧尼,即沙汰了原有总数一半的寺僧,应澄清长久以来的误解。

Examination of the Amount of Temples and Monks Abolished in Later Zhou Dynasty

According the academia, in later Zhou Dynasty, the number of temples abolished is over 30 thousand and the number of monks repealed is more than 60 thousand respectively, both of which is more than 90% of all. Based on the history number of the temples, the development after taking the measures limiting the Buddhism, the density and the distribution of the temples and monks, the author concludes that the number of the temples abolished and that of monks repealed in Xian De of Zhou Shizong are three thousand and 70 thousand respectively, with almost half preserved.