Zhaijiao

The zhaijiao (Chinese: 齋教; pinyin: Zhāijiāo; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tsai-kàu) also known as Lay Buddhism are informal Buddhist societies that became extremely popular in Taiwan under Japanese rule, albeit prominent throughout the Qing dynasty.[1][2][3] They were linked to the Ch'an, Luojiao or Way of Former Heaven movement and taught the Triple Gem of Buddhism as well as vegetarianism, but without monks or nuns.[4] Many have converted to Buddhist traditions from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.[5]

In the 1890s, a Zhaijiao group assumed the functions of government in Gutian County, leading to the Kucheng Massacre.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Charles Brewer Jones. BUDDHISM IN TAIWAN: A HISTORICAL SURVEY
  2. ↑ 日據時期台灣佛教與齋教關係之探討
  3. ↑ 明清時代台灣傳統在家佛教的齋教三派
  4. ↑ Philip Clart, Charles Brewer Jones. Religion in modern Taiwan . pp.16-18.
  5. ↑ 江浙佛教对斋教的冲击,佛教网
  6. ↑ Kimihiko Sato. "The Ku-t'ien Anti-missionary Incident (1895) : Vegetarian Sect, the shadow of Sino-Japanese War, and the conversion of the missionary diplomacy of the UK and U.S."

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