唐代初期中印文化交流图景——以义净代表作为中心考察

Culture Exchanges between China and India in the Early Tang Dynasty Taking YI Jing's Master Works as the Center

义净是中国历史上西行赴印求法的代表性僧侣之一,其著作不仅较为全面地记述了唐初赴印求法僧侣的事迹和中印海上丝绸之路的发展状况,也对古代印度的文化发展状况进行了细致的描绘。义净赴印时,海上丝绸之路逐渐成为中印之间的主要通道,室利佛逝是印度文化东渐的前沿。义净时期中印经海上丝绸之路的文化交流图景对今天研究中印关系史、海上丝绸之路发展史具有重要意义。义净著作中以细致的观察、翔实的资料生动描绘了当时印度文化的发展情况,对于促进中印佛教文化的交流传播和兴盛、带动文化的全面交流与发展、保存丰富的印度古代史史料具有重要意义。

YI Jing is one of the representative monks who went to India to seek Buddhism on the westbound journey in Chinese history.His works contain not only a comprehensive description of the deeds of the monks in India in the early Tang dynasty,but also the development of the Silk Road.Since YI Jing went to India,the Maritime Silk Road gradually became the main channel between China and India.The cultural exchange between China and India through the Maritime Silk Road in the Sino-Indian ear was of great importance to the study of the Sino-Indian relation history and the development of the Maritime Silk Road.