In the past, the academic circle used to regard Buddhist “Yi-Society”, a religious form organized by a group of people, as an organization arranged by monasteries or landlords for preying on populace, or just a civil religious propagation unit, but now, the Tu, Chao Hsien Relief Account (AD. 547) could overturn these opinions. Yang Chai Yi-Society was actually related to military, and Ching Chao Tus guarded there because of the upheaval of Hou, Ching. When the army of Eastern Wei assaulted Yang Chai, the Tus organized Yi-Society and fought back without surrender. If we check the Relief’s lists, we can find out that the South was the leading officials, the North represented the Tus who fought in the neighborhood areas, the East symbolized the Tus who took office in the Western Wei, and the West was the residents of Yang Chai. For cohering the Tus and the inhabitants, Yi-Society could strength not only the identification of local community, clan, or region, but also the concept of a nation. As a result, Yang Chai Yi-Society should not be considered civil, and it was actually related to the authorities.
