佛禅影响下的中国小说

The Chinese Novels Under the influence of Buddhism

佛教传入中国后 ,伴随着佛教的不断世俗化和普及化 ,从发展走向成熟的中国小说不可避免地受到了佛禅思想的影响。无论是在小说的思想内容、小说的结构 ,还是在小说的人物塑造上 ,我们都可以明显地看到佛禅思想对小说的影响。当然 ,这种影响是双向的 ,一方面 ,佛禅思想为中国小说的发展注入了活力 ;另一方面 ,借着小说的深入人心 ,佛教又无形中加速了其世俗化与普及化的进程。

The Chinese novels from development to maturity is i nevitably influenced by Buddhism after its coming into China and popularizing. T he influence can be easily found in the contents, structure and character portra yal. Naturally the influence occurs in two ways: on the one hand, the Buddhism a dds vitality to Chinese novels; on the other hand, with the novels known by comm on people Buddhism accelerates the process of commonness and popularization.