论刘勰及其《文心雕龙》的佛教神学思想

Liu Xie and his Buddhist Thoughts in Wen Xin Diao Long

刘勰一生是一个虔诚的佛教神学信仰者。他自觉恪守戒律,协助名僧僧祐整理佛教经论,撰写佛学论文《灭惑论》,积极参与齐末佛、道之争,坚决捍卫佛教地位。其《文心雕龙》虽是一部有关文章写作之法的专著,但因浸透着佛教神学的思维框架,故而思路开阔,条理明晰,谈论文艺,包揽宇宙,总括人心,颇合艺术审美思维之要求。

As a pious believer in Buddhism, Liu Xie for all his life abided by its disciplines, helped the famous monk Zeng You revise the Buddhist sutras, wrote the Buddhist treatise The Elimination of Temptations, took an active part in the debate between Buddhism and Taoism, and adhered firmly to Buddhism. Although Wen Xin Diao Long is a book about composition, it is logical and open-minded in its commenting on literature and art, and humane and comprehensive in its way of artistic thinking owing to its saturation of theological thoughts of Buddhism.