变动社会中的晚清佛门实录——基于Walks in the city of Canton:with an itinerary一书的考察

Records of Buddhism in the Late Qing Dynasty in the Changing Society——An Investigation Based on a Book of Walks in the city of Canton: with an itinerary

晚清来华耶稣会士的论著是研究晚清社会宗教的重要文献资料。英国传教士约翰·亨利·格雷Walks in the City of Canton:with an Itinerary一书以观赏者的视角描述了晚清广州城的历史面貌,尤其是对广州城的佛寺有浓墨重彩的描述。不仅如实记录了佛教道场的历史传承,且重点探析了变动社会中佛门的真实转向。从中可以窥探社会经济背景与宗教文化之间的动态互动关系,进而藉此加深对晚清社会的理解。

The treatise on Jesus in the late Qing Dynasty is an important document for the study of the social religion in the late Qing Dynasty. The English missionary John Henry Grey＇s Walks in the city of Canton： with an itinerary de- scribes the historical features of Guangzhou City in the late Qing Dynasty from the perspective of viewers, in particular, the Buddhist temple in the city of Guangzhou has a thick and heavy description. It not only records the historical inheri- tance of Buddhist Taoist temples, but also focuses on the true turn of Buddhism in a changing society. From this, we can see the dynamic interaction between social economic background and religious culture, so as to deepen our understanding of the late Qing society.