论隋朝统治者的宗教政策

隋朝时期,在思想意识领域已经形成儒、释、道三家鼎立的格局,一方面,统治者治国的基本国策仍以儒学为本,自隋文帝至隋炀帝曾多次下诏,强调儒学治国的政治功能;另一方面,统治者对佛、道二教也极力护持。隋朝统治者之所以实行崇佛重道、二教并重的政策,是与当时思想领域的发展态势相关,也与隋朝统治者利用符图谶以得天下大有干系。隋朝统治者的崇佛重道以巩固与加强皇权为目的,绝对不允许教权凌驾于皇权之上。

On the Ruler's Religious Policy of Sui Empire

On the Sui Empire, although there were three religious culture: Confucius culture, Buddhism and Taoism in the thought realm, the Confucius culture was still used as the basic national policy for ruling the country Emperor Yangjian and Yangguang issued imperial edict, emphasizing the politic functions of Confucius culture. But in fact , they paid much more attention to the Buddhism and the Taoism.Just before and at the beginning of Yangguang becoming the Emperor ,it is the recovery stage of Buddhism and Taoism after they were ruined on the Zhou Empire. After the Chen Empire was finished, Emperor Yangjian began to protect and improve these two religions. Emperor Yangguang also protected and took advantage of Buddhism and Taoism, just as his father. Rulers of Sui Emperor even set many offices to take charge of the religious affairs. There are two reasons for rulers to put such a religious policy into practice. First, it partially depended on real condition of thought realm. Second, it has much to do with the way of rulers conquering the world. With the purpose of strengthen the rule of Emperor, they won't let the religious power become a threat to the Emperor.