Abstract:

Where there is a religion, there is religious education. The research of religious education is the key for national education to comprehensively understand and inherit national culture. The late stage of Nanzhao, it abolished the Taoism and established the Buddhism. Dali Kingdom ruled the nation relying on the Buddhism. The emergence of the classes of monks and scholars marked the formation of the education about Dali Kingdom. Treating the temple as school, regarding the monks as teachers and using the Buddhist and Confucian scriptures as textbooks were its educational forms. The purpose of education was to consolidate royal power, educate people and unify thinking through the way that the kings derived their rights to rule directly from Buddha. Buddhism education was an important factor of forming the special culture as well as having a far-reaching impact on customs and ethics of Bai nationality in Dali.

Key words: Nanzhao and Dali Kingdom, Buddhism, education