试论佛教文化对意境理论的影响

An Analysis of Buddhism Culture's Affects on the Theory of Artistic Sphere

在意境理论的古代生成与现代发展中,人们一般认为儒家、道家文化给予意境理论的发展以较大影响,而在意境与佛学的关系问题上,则有较多争议。中国古代意境理论的形成,从来就不是一种自觉的理论行为,因而要探究佛教文化与意境的关系便显得愈加复杂。本文试图从浩瀚史料中探寻佛教文化对意境理论的影响之佐证。通过分析,我们不但可以看到佛教文化对意境理论渐进式影响的表现,更能够发现意境理论对佛教经典的汲取,这为阐释佛教文化对意境理论的影响提供了新的学术支持。

People generally think that the cultures of Confucianism and Taoism have a great influence on the theory of artistic conceptions during their development. But there are many different views on the relation between artistic conception and Buddhism. The forming of the artistic conception theory had never been a self-conscious academic behavior, so, it's difficult to research the relation between the concept of artistic sphere and Buddhism. The author tries to search from large amount of historical sources for the evidence to prove that the Buddhism influenced the origin of the concept of artistic sphere. The author finds out that we can see not only the influence that the Buddhism had on the theory of artistic sphere, but also the reception that the Chinese artistic theory gained from the Buddhism.