On Taoist Nuns and Their Impact on Scholars' Composition in Tang Dynasty

The emergence of a large number of Taoist nuns is a kind of particular social phenomenon in Tang Dynasty. Taoist nuns in Tang Dynasty is not only numerous but also active to take part in the social life of the time, especially to keep the closely contacts with the group of scholar. The phenomenon reflected the open ethos and the improvement of female's social position of the day. The emergence of them not only enriched the Tang's social scenes but also provided many treasurable materials for scholars' composition, which is the important compulsion to the Tang poetry development