佛教与中国古代小说

Buddhism and Ancient Chinese Novel

从《庄子·外物》中首先提出"小说"这个名称,到明清时期的长篇小说的顶峰成就,中国古代小说经历了上千年的发展历史。在这幅历史长卷中,我们可以感受到一股神秘的力量一直贯穿着这段历史的始终,这股带有奇幻色彩的力量就是佛教对中国小说的影响。这个由外域传入的宗教,因其自身的神异特点而被人们接受,小说就从这里开始受到它的作用。本文从小说的人物塑造、情节内容和艺术表现三个方面谈谈佛教对中国古代小说的影响。

＂Fiction＂ appeared in the ＇Y zhuangzi＂ at the first time and reached peak in the dynasties of Ming and Qing. Ancient Chinese novels have a history of thousands of years. During this time, we can feel a mysterious force which has been always throughout this period of history. It＇s the fantastic force that Buddhism affacted Chinese novel. The religion transmitted from foreign countries was accepted because of its own mysterious character. This paper will discuss that ancient Chinese novel was affacted by Buddhism at the three aspect of character shaping, plot and artistic expression.