TTLV: The influence of Buddhism in Chinese social life during the Sui and Tang dynasties

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name:Nguyen Thi Le Quyen  

2. Gender: Female.

3. Date of birth: 02-4-1988

4. Place of birth: Thong Nhat Town - Yen Dinh - Thanh Hoa

5. Decision to recognize students No. 1883/QD-XHNV-SDH dated October 21, 2010 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic name:The influence of Buddhism in Chinese social life during the Sui and Tang dynasties

8. Major: Asian Studies Code: 60.31.50

9. Scientific instructor:Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Tai Dong, Institute of Philosophy - Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences

10. Summary of thesis results:

Based on reference documents about the country, Chinese people, Chinese Buddhism and some theoretical research works on religion..., the thesis has summarized the development of Buddhism in the Sui - Tang period. From there, evaluate the role of Buddhism in this period in Chinese social life. On the other hand, the thesis has researched and made connections to initially raise certain comments on the spread of this religion to surrounding countries such as: Korea, Japan, Vietnam.

11. Practical application:

Currently, the spirit of harmony of Buddhism in general, and Chinese Buddhism in particular, is being exploited by some people, deliberately misinterpreted, causing Buddhism to be separated from society. Distorted activities such as: asking for lots, fortune telling, superstitious offerings... are not inherently of Buddhism. Therefore, evaluating the role of Buddhism in the culture and history of China during its most prosperous period, based on a scientific and objective spirit, will recognize the positive and useful aspects that need to be maintained and fight against erroneous views to maintain Buddhism in particular as well as religion in general to develop strongly.

12. Further research directions:

The documents collected to serve the research of the topic mainly focus on the cultural - ideological field while the documents on the economic - political - social field are not many. Even the documents in the cultural field are not comprehensive. Therefore, we only mention the role of Buddhism in the Sui - Tang period in some cultural and social fields. If there are conditions to continue to develop, it is necessary to study more carefully and deeply the role of Buddhism in the Sui - Tang period in all fields.

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Le Quyen 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: April 2, 1988 4. Place of birth: Thanh Hoa

5. Admission decision number: 1883/QD-XHNV-SDH, Dated October 21, 2010,of the Director of University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

6. Changes in academic process: No.

7. Official thesis title: Influences of Buddhism on Chinese social life during the Tuy-Duong dynasty

8. Major: Asian Studies 9. Code: 60.31.50

10. Supervisors: Associate Professor Nguyen Tai Dong, PhD.

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

Based on the references of the Chinese country, people, Chinese Buddhism and some other papers on theories about religions, etc., the thesis outlines the development of Buddhism during the Tuy-Duong dynasty. Then, it evaluates the role of Buddhism in Chinese social life in this period. Furthermore, in relation to the reality, we withdraw some initial remarks about the spread of this religion to the surrounding countries such as Korea, Japan and Vietnam.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

Nowadays, the combination of Buddhism in general and Chinese Buddhism in particular with other religions is being taken advantage of and deliberately mislead, making it isolated from the society. Distorted activities like sortilege, hexagram fortune telling, and superstitious worship do not belong to Buddhism. Therefore, assessing the role of Buddhism in the Chinese culture and history during the most prosperous period scientifically and objectively will discover the positive points and usefulness by preserving and resisting the misleading viewpoints so as to maintain the strong development of Buddhism in particular and religions in general.

13. Further research directions, if any:

The collected materials to serve the research topic are mainly about culture - religion while those about economy - politics - society have not been numerous. Yet even reference documents regarding culture are still not comprehensive. Therefore, we only mention the role of the Buddhism under Tuy – Duong dynasty in some aspects of culture and society. If facilitated, we will study deeper roles of Tuy – Duong Buddhism on all sectors.

14. Thesis-related publications: No