唐代女性“丰腴美”新论

A New Idea on Women’s “Plump Beauty” in the Tang Dynasty

关于唐代女性“丰腴”美的成因,学界的研究已为不少,然却不见有从武周时期的佛教角度论述者。唐代女性的“丰腴”美不仅与广泛流行的佛陀“三十二相,八十种好”之“圆满”美极为相似,而且兴盛于武则天掌权之后,并为武则天所欣赏。加之武则天自小就有佛教信仰,其在称帝过程中又利用佛教“女身为王”的思想为自己正名,以提高自己的地位,更增加了其对佛陀“相好”的认同。唐代女性“丰腴”美的形成与佛教及武则天当有一定的关系。

There has been much academic research about the causes of women's “plump beauty” in the Tang Dynasty, however, there is little study about it from the angle of Buddhism in the Wu Zetian period.Women's “plump beauty” in the Tang Dynasty was not only very similar to the beauty of Buddha's “Thirty-two kinds of the Sage phase and eighty beautiful appearances”, but also flourished after Wu Zetian mastered the power, and was highly appreciated by Wu Zetian. And Wu Zetian have a strong faith in Buddhism since her childhood, she use of the thought of “female as an empress” to make a reasonable basis for herself as an empress , further raise her status, and increased her recognition of Buddha s “good appearances”again. So, women's “plump beauty” in the Tang Dynasty has certain relationship with Buddhism as well as Wu Zetian.