魏晋隋唐时期僧侣的文化生活

Cultural Life of the Clergy in the Wei,the Jin,the Sui and the Tang Ages

佛教东来,在中国化的进程中必须寻找适合自己生存的空间。魏晋隋唐时期释子对儒道思想体系十分了解,把握较准,这表现在此时的僧侣多博涉内外典,富有才学,善于机辩,喜与名士交往,不少人能诗会文,擅画工书,具备深厚的汉文化修养。这使得佛教在走向中国化的进程中,保持了它独到的文化品位。

Most of clergymen in the the Wei, the Jin, the Sui and the Tang ages were extensively knowledgeable, profoundly learned, and skillfully oratorical. With profound attainment in Chinese culture, they preferred to make friends with eminent scholars, write poems and essays, and be expert in painting and calligraphy. All this helped to maintain a distinctive taste of culture in Buddhism in its course of Chinesization.