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Why did the former fighting nations of Liao and Jin degenerate? Liao was released and Jin died in Confucianism

author:Financial distress study

"Liao yi abolished, Jin yi Confucian died" means that the Liao Dynasty declined because of its belief in Buddhism, and the Jin Dynasty collapsed because of the appointment of Confucians.

The Liao Dynasty rose and fell, and a large amount of money was used to build temples and carry out religious activities. Both the emperor and the general and the merchants and merchants would provide economic resources for the monastery under various names, which led to the excessive expansion of the monastery economy.

In China's dynasties, the proportion of monks generally did not exceed 1%. During the Liao Daozong period, the monks of the Liao Dynasty accounted for about 3.6% of the total population, and in the Northern Song Dynasty in the same period, when the number of monks reached its peak, it only accounted for 0.92% of the total population, and the proportion of monks in the Liao Dynasty was much higher than that of the Song Dynasty. The redundancy of the monks of the Liao Dynasty exceeded the normal capacity of the society at that time, and the social crisis gradually intensified. The Khitan were originally a brave and warlike horseback people, but under the long-term infiltration of Buddhism, Buddhist doctrines such as prohibiting killing subtly affected the lives of the Khitan people, and the original courageous spirit of the Khitan was greatly reduced. Coupled with the alliance of the Liaoyuan, the border was too peaceful, and the truce was held for many years, and the Khitan people gradually changed from strong and murderous to weak. In the last year of the Liao Dynasty, the national treasury was empty, and the Haiyun Temple in Laizhou was able to donate tens of millions of dollars to help the Liao court.

After the Jin Dynasty appointed Confucians and promoted Han law, the Jurchens entered the Central Plains, and after establishing political power, they indulged in Han culture, as well as Buddhism, Taoism and other popular religions in the Central Plains, forgetting their own Shangwu tradition of the Hu ethnic group, the corruption of the military and government became increasingly serious, and the combat effectiveness of the army was constantly declining.

Therefore, the worship of Buddha and Confucianism were the main reasons for the decline of Liaojin

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