Discussion on the Base of Buddhist Disaster Relief Activities in Liao Dynasty
Many natural disasters has occurred during Liao Dynasty,besides the disaster relief activities that organized by the government,the folk disaster relief activities that many Buddhist temples and Bud-dhists took part in also played an important role.The solid theoretical and strong economic foundation is the backing for the Buddhist disaster relief activities could carried out smoothly.The Buddhist mercy view and the development of temple economy had become the two major sources for the theory and economic foundation of the disaster relief system of Buddhism in Liao Dynasty.