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淫祠是指非官方祭典認可的祠廟，多由民間自行設立的祠廟[1]。
淫是指多餘的，淫祠即多餘的祠廟，通常是勞民傷財。《禮記·曲禮下》很清楚的說：「非其所祭而祭之，名曰淫祀。淫祀無福。」。《宋書·武帝紀下》稱：「淫祠惑民費財，前典所絶，可並下在所除諸房廟。」唐朝時常有毀淫祠之舉，《新唐書·狄仁傑傳》載：「吳楚俗多淫祠，仁傑一禁止，凡毀千七百房，止留夏禹、吳太伯、季札、伍員四祠而已。」宋朝時，陳希亮亦有毀淫祠之舉，范鎮《東齋記事》卷三：「又知虔州雩都縣，毀淫祠數百區，勒巫覡為良民七十餘家。」
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