僧尼碑志塔铭与唐代佛教史研究发微

Exploration on the Stele Inscription and Pagoda Epigraph of Monastic and Buddhism History in the Tang Dynasty

佛教是最早传入中国的世界宗教,不仅对中国历史产生了十分深刻的影响,而且与儒、道竞行,成为中国文化的重要组成部分。约在两汉之际传入中国内地的印度佛教,经过魏晋南北朝时期的发展,迨至唐代,达到了繁荣鼎盛,并且完成了本土化,形成了中国佛教。唐代不仅是中国佛教的兴盛期,而且是中国佛教的成熟期,因而备受学界关注。近三四十年来。

As original documents,the excavated stone material as well as the stele inscription and pagoda epigraph of monastic which preserved in the individual works or general works in the Tang Dynasty can not only be used to make up the default of handed down Buddhist materials,but also supplement the insufficiency of traditional Buddhist materials.They possess great significance in terms of historical data for us to reach those issues such as the life experience of monastic in the Tang Dynasty,the construction and evolution of temples,the sect inheritance of Buddhism,the philosophy of Buddhism,the relationship between Confucianism and Buddhism,the relationship between Buddhism and imperial power,the relationship between Buddhism and scholar bureaucrats,the spiritual practice of Buddhist,the communication of Buddhist culture between China and foreign countries.So we should make great efforts to explore these substance and specifically analyze them from the respects of historical materials to historiography and religious study,then impel the study on Buddhist history in the Tang Dynasty to be more extensively and profoundly.