从石家庄寺院碑记看明朝士大夫对佛教的认识

Scholar-officials' Understanding to Buddhism in the Ming Dynasty From the Inscriptions in Shijiazhuang Temples

明朝时期,石家庄地区大规模兴造寺院,士大夫应邀撰写碑记介绍寺院兴造的基本情况。士大夫也在碑记中表达了对佛教的基本认识。他们认为儒家文化是中国文化的核心,佛教发挥着辅助的教化作用。他们也对佛教本身的问题提出了批评,比如认为佛教的六道轮回、因果报应之说具有荒诞的成分;毫无节制地兴建寺院虚耗本来就不富裕的广大乡民财力,无益于生产的发展和生活水平的提高。

During the Ming Dynasty, temples are built on a large scale in Shijiazhuang area. The scholar-officials are invited to write inscriptions to introduce the basic conditions of the temple. They express their basic understanding of Buddhism in the inscription. They believe that Confucian culture is the core of Chinese culture, and Buddhism plays an auxiliary role in education. They also criticize Buddhism’s own problems. They think that the six reincarnations of Buddhism and the idea of karma have an absurd components, the unrestrained construction of temples consumes the wealth of the vast majority of the villagers who are not rich. It is not conducive to the development of production and the improvement of living standards.