PHILOSOPHY. CONFLICT STUDIES. CULTURE STUDIES. RELIGIOUS STUDIES.
Issue 1, 2014
CONTENTS
| Section | CULTURAL STUDIES | ||
| Codes UDC | 930.85:[299.512/.513+294.321] | Page | 65-75 |
| Title | A brief outline of the state policy in the field of beliefs and rituals of the Tang dynasty in China (618-907) | ||
| Author 1 | Zelnitckii Alexandr D. | St. Petersburg State University 199034, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation Candidate of Philosophy e-mail: taigong@yandex.ru |
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| Summary | The period of the Tang is the age when there was a reconstruction of the Imperial institutions and creation of a balanced system of relations between the state and the three major religious traditions: Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. In addition, the form of interaction is based on Confucianism, while Taoism and Buddhism are seen as traditions, which are largely isomorphic. However, the priority is given to Daoism, as a school of thought associated with the ancestor of the dynasty. Moreover, Taoism and Buddhism are used by the authorities as tools of forming the system of legal cults. This was manifested in the practice of granting titles, as well as the direct participation of the emperors in creating certain cults. | ||
| Keywords | China, Tang, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Religion, Religious Policy, Imperial Institutions. | ||