明初佛教繁榮有序,中期的佛教急劇擴張,但多被認為是僵化低落的時期,明末佛教出現全面動蕩與興旺的局面。之所以如此,是因為明初王權確立了宗教控制形式,保持了佛教的繁榮,並將其組織功能置於道德教化的社會功能之下。明中期佛教的低落,歸因於以儒學為合法性文化資源的機製造成了佛教人才的低弱。明末佛教的勃興,則得益於儒家信仰衰退和原有的宗教控制形式失效,因此佛教的組織控制能力被極大釋放,成為社會控制的重要因素。 Attitude that Ming Dynasty that buddhism believe in at each period have got the different characteristic, this with be the governor have got the close contact, and this kind of be the governor of the attitude not only affected the social publiced for the faith that the buddhism, and made the Chinese buddhism to the meaningful variety, especially and late the clear folks buddhism, and make the buddhism to real meaning top deep into the public, become China society can't field that neglect characteristic.
