中古北朝佛教与社会救济

The Northern Dynasties Buddhism and Social Relief

中古时期,佛教盛行,不仅佛教造像刻经发达,也产生了重要的佛教救济事业。佛教传入中国社会,不仅为中土提供了超验的神学体系和独特的宇宙解释系统,而且其完整精致、充满同情的伦理价值体系对于中国社会以儒学为主的伦理道德也起到重要的补充作用。在现实层面,佛教则为民众主动参与公共生活提供了可能性。

The prevailing of Buddhism in Medieval Times not only brought force a prosperous Buddhism status and craft of sutra, but also produced the important Buddhism relief cause. Buddhism was transmitted to China, it provided transcendent theology system and unique systematic explanation to the universe, and its complete and delicate ethic system played a supplementary role to the ethic morality that advocated Confucianism as the main Chinese morality. In practice, Buddhism provided the possibility to the mass to actively take part in public life.