Why use Taoism to govern the world?
We are not talking about Taoism. Taoism is a religion derived from Taoist thought. Taoism was born in the pre-Qin period, and it is one of the schools of thought, just like Confucianism. Take the Qin and Han Dynasties as an example. The war caused the world to be in turmoil and people's livelihood to languish. When Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, the country could not even get six horses of the same color, and neither could the emperor, let alone the homes of ordinary people.
All walks of life are in decline and people's lives are difficult. At this time, what the country needs is to improve the economic environment quickly and let the people solve the problem of survival. Feudal society is a society ruled by men, and people are divided into three classes. Many ruling classes do not care about the lives of ordinary people. Coupled with the low level of education of ordinary people at that time, the right to interpret national policies was entirely in the hands of local forces.
At this time, if there are too many policies that you think can improve the quality of life of the people, they may all become accomplices of local strongmen exploiting the people. Therefore, the best way for feudal society is to adopt the Taoist concept of governing the country.
Taoism advocates? Governing by doing nothing? This kind of inaction means not to formulate too many policies to govern the people, but to let the people develop themselves. People cherish peace after the war. As long as the rulers do not interfere too much and the people lead a good life, the country will naturally become strong.
Famous? The rule of Wenjing? It is to adopt the Taoist concept of governing the country and reduce the tax burden many times. During the reign of Emperor Jingdi, the granaries with more grain in the whole country could not hold up, and the rope for stringing copper coins was rotten for several years. In less than 40 years, the national strength reached the first place in the world, which gave Emperor Wudi enough financial resources and strength to fight against the Huns. Therefore, in the early years of many dynasties, Taoism was chosen to govern the country.
Why Buddhism flourished in troubled times?
After Buddhism was introduced into China, it began to flourish in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Many emperors believed in Buddhism, and some even abandoned their country and became monks. By the early Tang Dynasty and the late Sui Dynasty, Buddhism had fully flourished, and both believers and monasteries far surpassed other religions. Li's pharmacist was taken from the pharmacist Buddha, and the rebel leader directly took the name of protector.
No matter the Northern and Southern Dynasties or the end of Sui Dynasty, it was an era of war. The world is constantly fighting, and people have no fixed place to live. They all want to live in peace, but in feudal society, no one cares about people's life and death, so people can only pin their hopes on Buddhism. Buddhism's theory of this life and the afterlife can provide the people with the last spiritual harbor.
The Northern and Southern Dynasties were the darkest period in the history of our country. Shi Hu, the Emperor of the Later Zhao Dynasty, liked Beautiful Headhuntress for fun, and later even killed his son and his family. The palace of the former Qin emperor was full of instruments of torture, and people suffered if they didn't agree. There were countless similar people in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, but I didn't expect that these people basically believed in Buddhism.
Because this situation is very common for people who take refuge in monasteries, although these people are cruel, they dare not conduct a large-scale search of monasteries because of their beliefs, and monasteries will also close the issue of the dead, so Buddhism can spread among the people. Although this period was cruel, many tyrants and generals believed in ghosts and gods. They kill people like hemp, and in order to get by, they will repent in front of the Buddha statue. So Buddhism will flourish during the war.