隋唐长安佛教义林与义学风尚

On the Trend of Running Righteous Buddhist Academies and Schools in Chang′an in the Sui and the Tang Dynasty

隋唐长安翕然盛集高僧大德,释门义僧持诵讲习《涅》、“三论”、《摄论》、《地论》、《法华》、《华严》、《四分》等佛教经典,如火如荼,蔚然成风。隋唐长安佛学义门夥多,义林如市,义学风起云涌。高度繁荣的隋唐长安佛教义学为形成富于中国特色的佛教宗派奠定了坚实的理论基础,正是在这种文化背景下,中国佛教八大宗中六大宗形成于隋唐长安。

Prevailing in Chang＇an, the capital of the Sui and the Tang Dynasty, was a common practice of reciting and explicating Buddhist classics. In those days there were varieties of Buddhist academies and different sizes of Buddhist schools in the capital, which laid a foundation for the rise of the Chinese-characteristic Buddhist sect. It was just in such cultural background that six of the eight major sects of Chinese Buddhism took shape in Chang＇an.