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Persecution of Buddhism in Tang dynasty
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Persecution_of_Buddhism_in_Tang_dynasty
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:affectedArea
gptkb:China
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Great_Anti-Buddhist_Persecution
gptkbp:cause
xenophobia
economic concerns
restoration of Confucianism
gptkbp:date
845 CE
gptkbp:followedBy
partial restoration of Buddhism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Persecution of Buddhism in Tang dynasty
gptkbp:launched
gptkb:Emperor_Wuzong_of_Tang
gptkbp:notableRuler
gptkb:Emperor_Wuzong_of_Tang
gptkbp:numberOfMonksAndNunsLaicized
over 260,000
gptkbp:numberOfTemplesDestroyed
over 4,600
gptkbp:occurredIn
gptkb:Tang_dynasty
gptkbp:precededBy
earlier Buddhist persecutions in China
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Buddhism_in_China
gptkb:Emperor_Wuzong's_reign
Confucian revival
Suppression of foreign 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_Buddhism
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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