Abstract:This study analyzes historical documents to assess the influence of the Government-General on Korean Buddhism under Japanese rule from 1910 to 1945. Although the Government-General had the authority to appoint and dismiss head monks, internal records show that when head monks were elected in conflict-free towns and provinces, the Government-General did not actively intervene in the election process. Despite the widespread belief that the Government-General actively supported married monks, its leaders actually criticized their marital status. They approved the appointments of married head monks in response to the increasing demands of Korean Buddhist society, demands for amendments to temple regulations the Government-General had no choice but to accept as the number of married monks grew. The Government-General attempted to create the Temple Public Asset Foundation whereby any temple-owned assets, such as temple buildings and forests, would be transferred to the Foundation for partial management. However, a lack of cooperation among the Buddhist leaders derailed this plan. The Government-General exercised comparatively weak control over Korean Buddhism until World War II and, despite Japanese rule, Korean Buddhism managed to pursue a relatively autonomous development.

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日本殖民统治下朝鲜佛教的真实面目

摘要：本研究分析历史文献以评估 1910 年至 1945 年日本统治下的总督对朝鲜佛教的影响。尽管总督有权任免总僧，但内部记录显示，当总僧是在自由冲突的城镇和省份选出，政府一般没有积极干预选举过程。尽管普遍认为总政府积极支持已婚僧侣，但其领导人实际上批评了他们的婚姻状况。他们批准任命已婚首席僧侣，以响应韩国佛教社会日益增长的需求，随着已婚僧侣人数的增加，政府一般不得不接受修改寺庙条例的要求。政府将军试图创建寺庙公共资产基金会，任何寺庙拥有的资产，如寺庙建筑和森林，都将转移到基金会进行部分管理。然而，佛教领袖之间缺乏合作使这个计划脱轨。二战前，总督对朝鲜佛教的控制相对较弱，尽管日本统治，朝鲜佛教仍设法追求相对自主的发展。