Great Anti-Buddhist Persecution

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Great_Anti-Buddhist_Persecution
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Huichang_Persecution_of_Buddhism
gptkbp:cause economic motives
political motives
ideological motives
gptkbp:country gptkb:China
gptkbp:date 845 CE
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Tang_dynasty
gptkbp:followedBy partial restoration of Buddhism after Wuzong's death
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Anti-Buddhist Persecution
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Emperor_Wuzong_of_Tang
gptkbp:location gptkb:Tang_China
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Li_Deyu
gptkb:Emperor_Wuzong
gptkbp:precededBy previous anti-Buddhist measures in China
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Chinese_Buddhism
Chinese religious history
persecution of religions
gptkbp:resultedIn destruction of Buddhist temples
confiscation of temple lands
decline of Buddhism in China
forced laicization of monks and nuns
gptkbp:targetedReligion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Manichaeism
gptkb:Zoroastrianism
gptkb:Nestorian_Christianity
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chinese_Tang_dynasty_Buddhism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5