唐诗之路与佛道宗教

Tang Poetry in Wu and Yue, Buddhism and Taoism

道教自秦汉开始就在越中发展道场,会稽到天台一线濒临大海,适宜道教的发展,到唐朝其影响达到高潮,出现了一代宗师司马承祯,深得唐朝中央之重视,促成许多诗人慕名来游越中天台。佛教在越中的兴盛主要在南北朝时期,其主要人物是佛教天台宗的创始人智者大师。到唐朝佛教天台宗风靡大唐的思想界、哲学界和宗教界。流风所及,僧俗人士无不从风而靡,这亦促成了大批文人来游越中天台,为唐诗之路的形成和兴盛提供了持久的保障。

Taoism has developed in Wu and Yue (modern Zhejiang and Jiangsu) since Qin and Han Dynasties. As the Huiji - Tiantai area was on the East Sea, it was suitable for the development of Taoism, the influence of which reached its highest point in Tang Dynasty. Then there appeared a master of great learning and integrity, Sima Chen-zhen, whom the Tang Government thought highly of. As a result, many poets traveled to Tiantai out of admiration for him. Yet Buddhism in Yue prospered mainly in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The principal character was the founder of Tiantai Sect of Buddhism, the Great Master Wise - Man. In Tang Dynasty, Tiantai Sect of Buddhism was well - known in the circles of ideology, philosophy and religions, which also caused many literati to visit Tiantai. AH those mentioned above guaranteed the rising and flourishing of Tang poetry in Wu and Yue.