明初瑜伽教確立的社會歷史背景— 以元末皇室、雪堂總統刊刻水陸儀文為中心=The Social and Historical Background of the Establishment of Yoga in the Early Ming Dynasty - Centering on the Publication of Shuilu Yiwen at the end of the Yuan Dynasty
Buddhist Shuilu Fahui cannot be conducted without the guidance of ritual texts. At the end of Yuan dynasty the royal family and President Xue Tang jointly published the ritual texts such as Tiandi Mingyang Shuilu Yiwen（《天地冥陽水陸儀文》 and Zawen（《雜文》 ）, which were collected into the Shishi Ying shi Quanshu（《釋氏應世全書》 ）.This has enabled the spreading of the ritual texts, which were originally lost in the Southern Song Dynasty, in the north and jiangnan. The publication of the ritual texts not only provided a reference for the later Yuan royal family to hold the Buddhist Shuilu Fahui but also contributed to the popularity of the Buddhist Shuilu Fahui from the court to the society, and at the same time further gave birth to the professional division of Yoga monks, so that some monks obtained a way to earn a living outside of meditation. In 1382, emperor Ming Taizu gave them legal social status at the state level. In the actual circulation process, most of these ritual texts were circulated in the form of pamphlets in monasteries and monks, and spread to Korea, Japan and other places, which had a great impact
