Persecution of 845

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Great_Anti-Buddhist_Persecution
gptkbp:cause economic motives
political motives
promote Daoism
gptkbp:date 845
gptkbp:endDate 846
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Emperor_Wuzong_of_Tang
gptkbp:location gptkb:Tang_dynasty,_China
gptkbp:numberOfMonksExpelled over 260,000
gptkbp:numberOfTemplesDestroyed over 4,600
gptkbp:resultedIn destruction of Buddhist temples
confiscation of temple lands
decline of Buddhism in China
forced laicization of monks and nuns
gptkbp:significance largest anti-Buddhist persecution in Chinese history
gptkbp:target gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Manichaeism
gptkb:Zoroastrianism
gptkb:Nestorian_Christianity
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Persecution of 845