佛教与中国古代文体关系研究略谈

A Brief Introduction to the Relationship Between Buddhism and the Literary Forms in Ancient China

佛教文化传播最主要的方式有二:一是佛典翻译,二是教义宣畅,由此产生了两类性质迥异的文体,即经典文体和应用文体。它们对中国古代文体的形成与发展都产生过重大的影响:有的直接得名于佛典翻译,如偈、绝句与散文;有的得名于教义宣畅,如导文与散花词;有的则是华梵文体共同作用的产物,如志怪、传奇、变文等。

There were two important ways of the Buddhism dissemination in ancient China. One of which was the Buddhist Scripture＇s translation, another was the Buddhist Doctrine＇s propagation. Meanwhile, the Classical Style and Practical Style became two different types of literary forms in the Buddhist Literature, both of which exerted great influence on the formation and development of the ancient Chinese literature. For example, Ji, Jueju and Sanwen （prose） originated the Buddhist Scripture＇s translation, Daowen and Sanhuaci named after rites of the Buddhism propagation, Zhiguai, Chuanqi and Bianwen were the result of combining many styles of ancient literature in China and India.