The Way to Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty and its Seclarity

Since the Song Dynasty, the recording of inscriptions has become a scientific field of study. Some of the epitaphs are most invaluable, in particular, those of the Tang Dynasty excavated since liberation. In these epitaphs are included great quantities of invaluable historical data worthy of note. The epitaphs of the Tang Dynasty show that some of the Tang people would turn to Buddhism when young, or become a monk/nun out of awareness about Buddhism or owing to the death of the man in the family. Their conduct of Buddhism gives rise to the liability of clanship and secularity.