民国时期山东佛道教的衰微

民国时期山东佛、道教的衰微主要表现在寺院宫观和僧人道士急剧减少,僧道教理教义水平的降低和清规戒律的废弛。外部原因为人们思想的解放,当局佛、道教政策的变迁,社会的黑暗和兵匪的破坏,其他宗教和会门的竞争。内部原因为僧道出身成分和出家动机的变迁。对此,当时佛、道教界的有识之士力图重振佛、道教,但是,佛、道教衰微的局面终未扭转。

The Decline of Buddhism and Taoism during the Republican Shandong

Shandong's Buddhism and Taoism declined during the period of the Republic of China. The temples, priests and monks decreased sharply, religious doctrines lowered, and regulations, taboos and commandments laxed. The external causes are such as peoples' emancipation of minds, the changes of govermental religious policies, social darkness, soliders' and bandits' sabotages, the competition of other religious sects, and so on. The internal causes are the changes of priests and monks family ground and their motives. At that time men of insight in religious fields realized the above causes and tried to vitalize Buddhism and Taoism. But most priests and monks did not follow them, so the declination failed to be reversed.