TY  - JOUR
SN  - 1991-1572
T1  - On the Effect of Buddhism on Chinese Traditional Law—Based on the Period of Emperor Wen in Sui Dynasty
AU  - Zhou, Dong-Ping
Y1  - 2013/12/31
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2013/12/31
T2  - Journal for Legal History Studies
JF  - Journal for Legal History Studies
JO  - Journal for Legal History Studies
JA  - Journal for Legal History Studies
VL  - 24
SP  - 181
EP  - 194
KW  - Emperor Wen in Sui Dynasty、Buddhism、Ten categories of major crimes、Crime
Y2  - 2013/12/31
N2  - The revitalization of Buddhism by Emperor Wen in Sui Dynasty has a great effect on all quarters of the society, law is no exception. At the
moment, the relation between Buddhism and law in Sui Dynasty is still not clear. This paper tries to clarify that the buddhist factors in the legal
thought of Emperor Wen in Sui Dynasty make that, to some extent, Kaihuang Code implies Buddhist spirit. Moreover, this paper analyses complementally the reason why ten categories of major crimes became a kind of crime from the perspective of Buddhism. Besides, this paper briefly
illustrates the relation between crime and sin based on ten categories of major crimes, the sin of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism and the effect they had on traditional law.
ER  -