梁武帝舍身同泰寺的佛教渊源

The Buddhism Source of Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty Sacrificing Himself to Tongtai Temple

梁武帝舍身同泰寺是中国佛教史上非常著名的事件,对其评价也颇为纷歧。梁武帝舍身同泰寺受到印度阿育王崇佛行为的启示,是对阿育王事迹的模拟,这从两者布施行为的相似以及梁武帝对阿育王崇拜的推动上可以明显地看出来。梁武帝对阿育王崇佛事迹的追摹,为我们研究中国佛教史上的梁武帝打开了一个新的视角。

Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty sacrificed himself to Tongtai Temple for four times. The event is very famous in Chinese Buddhism history,but the evaluation for it is quite different. Emperor Wu was enlightened by the worshiping Buddha behavior of Indian Ashoka. Emperor Wu's action was a simulation of Ashoka deeds,judging from the similarity between the two charity events and his admiration of Ashoka. Emperor Wu's worship for Asoka opened up a new perspective for us to study the history of Chinese Buddhism.