佛教经论中对“尧舜”诸贤之述评

A Review on Each Sages in "Yao and Shun Period" in Buddhist Text

孔孟推崇上古之"尧舜"诸贤,奠定了中华文化,特别是儒家文化"祖述尧舜,宪章文武"之先河。尧舜诸贤自然而然就成为儒家文化乃至中华文化的精神象征符号,以至秦汉以后历代王朝在文化建设与宣扬中都以尧舜诸贤为精神标杆,使其名副其实地成为中华文化的象征符号。以致异域文化、外来文化欲立足中华大地,必须与尧舜诸贤之文化精神取得一致。佛教之传入中国,与中国文化调适融合,最终成为中国传统文化之一部分,亦经历了这样的历程。从中可见,尧舜诸贤作为文化象征符号在中华文化发展、传承、融合、创新中发挥了独特而巨大的作用。

All sages in Yao and Shun Periods are highly praised by Confucius and Mengzi which laid the foundation of Chinese culture,especially the Confucian Culture,"treated Yao and Shun as the ancestors,imitated the laws of King Wen and King Wu as their rules".Sages in Yao and Shun Period became the spiritual symbols of Confucianism and Chinese culture,resulted in the later culture construction and propagation sponsored by successive dynasties since Han all treated sages in Yao and Shun Period as the spiritual models,which evolved the real cultural symbols.It requires the exotic culture must be cooperated with sages in Yao and Shun Period for survival.Buddhism introduced into China also experienced such a process as it must be integrated with Chinese culture,and became part of Chinese traditional culture finally,which disclosed the important role played by sages in Yao and Shun Period in developing,inheriting,integrating and innovating of Chinese Culture.