从西北籍僧人的弘法足迹看东晋南朝敦煌与岭南的交通

Reviewing the Transportation between Dunhuang and Lingnan Region in Eastern Jin Dynasty and Southern Dynasties from the Route of the Northwest Chinese Buddhist Monks in Propagating Dharma

海、陆两条丝路共同构成中外交往的重要通道。汉魏两晋南北朝时期,敦煌与岭南虽然相隔万水千山,但由于弘法护法僧人的不懈努力,使得两地之间的交通更加畅通,交流更加频繁。敦煌、西北丝路与岭南之间以僧人群体为主体的这种频繁的往来和交流,十分引人注目,远远超出了后人的想象。在西行泛海求法的僧人当中,有许多僧人出生于敦煌和西北丝路沿线,很值得关注,也彰显出海路和岭南地区在佛教东渐中的重要作用。

Both the maritime and overland silk roads are functioned as important passages for China’s international exchange.During the Han Dynasty and the Weijin Southern and Northern Dynasties,Dunhuang and Lingnan Region enjoyed a smoother traffic and more frequent communication due to the great efforts by the monks who promoted Buddhism,regardless of such a great distance between them.What is really prominent and beyond imagination of the descendants is that Dunhuang,the silk road on northwest China,had interacted so frequently with the Lingnan Region,mainly based on the activities of monks.Moreover,it is noteworthy that many monks,among the ones who traveled to the west by sea to seek scriptures,were born in Dunhuang or along the silk road which also highlights the importance of the maritime silk road and Lingnan Region in the introduction of Buddhism to the east.