Why does Song Taizu stipulate that monks and monks can't get married?

Song Taizu stipulates that monks and monks are not allowed to get married for the following reasons:

First, false Taoist priests and false customs prevailed in the Song Dynasty to standardize Taoism and Buddhism.

In fact, in the Song Dynasty, due to Song Taizu's worship of Taoism and Buddhism, the streets were full of Taoist priests and monks. In order to make a living, some people changed their faces and pretended to be monks and Taoists to beg for alms. Because at that time, ordinary people were more respectful to Taoist priests and monks, so when they met people dressed like this, they couldn't tell the difference between true and false, so they had to give generously. However, it was gradually discovered that there were too many Taoist priests and monks, and people complained more and more.

Song Taizu heard such complaints, so he began to clean up Taoist priests and monks. This is just one of the laws that prohibit them from getting married. Besides, Emperor Mao raised the threshold of being a Taoist monk, not to say that you can put on clothes. At that time, it was not so easy for people to become Taoist priests. They need to go to Beijing to take the exam, and they also need Tang Taizu's personal assessment. People who are not proficient in their studies will not be allowed in, and marriage is also the basic condition for assessment.

Second: Song Taizu wants to improve the basic quality of Taoist priests.

In fact, Taoism and Buddhism were originally clean places for people to concentrate on practicing, but in the Song Dynasty, the environment at that time was more complicated, which also made Buddhism and Taoism confused. Therefore, Song Taizu began to reform Buddhism and Taoism, on the one hand, to expel all those who have no intention to practice, and on the other hand, to provide a better environment for those who really want to practice.

In fact, religion is very pure for practitioners. Married people are not pure, but their desires still exist. If you join Taoism or Buddhism, you can't concentrate on practicing, which is unfavorable to those who concentrate on practicing or the development of Taoism and Buddhism. Therefore, only by improving the basic literacy of Taoist priests and monks can the religious environment at that time be purified.