sentences:  Traditional historical accounts conflict on the issue of whether there was suppression of Buddhist doctrines or practice, although they, in unison, showed a lack of evidence of massacres.The "Zizhi Tongjian" and the "New History of the Five Dynasties" suggest the lack of suppression of doctrines and practices, although the "New History" indicated that people who had dependents were disallowed from becoming monks or nuns.The "Old History of the Five Dynasties" indicates that there were destructions of temples, and forced return to civilian life for monks and nuns whose vows were not approved of by their parents.