中国本土经典中的因果报应观念评析

Briefly on the Concept of Retribution for Sin in Chinese Local Classical Works

因果报应观念原本就根植于中国本土文化。对天地鬼神的尊崇与敬畏,是中国古代因果报应观念的肇始。因果报应观念大量蕴藏于儒、道、墨等传统经典中。佛教传入之所以能逐渐被接受并中国化,与中国本土因果报应观念的共通密切相关。因果报应观念是儒道释同源并逐渐融合的价值观念内核,也是儒道释相互借益竞相发展的前提。

The concept of retribution for sin is originally rooted in Chinese local culture ,starting from the worship and respect to heaven and earth ,ghosts and gods and connoted in a large number of traditional classical works of Confucius , Taoism and Moist school .The introduction of Buddhism ,its gradual acceptance by the people and its sinicization have much to do with the commonness of the concept in Chinese local culture .This idea is the internal core of value for the same origin and gradual integration of Confucius ,Taoism and Buddhism;it is also a prerequisite of their mutual development and compe-tition.