北魏佛教发展微探——以《魏书·释老志》为中心

Study on the Development of Buddhism in the Northern Wei Dynasty——Centering on Shi lao zhi in Wei Shu

佛教自汉白马驮经一事而始入中国。北魏时期是中国佛教的大发展、大变革时期,于中国佛教发展有承前启后之功。《释老志》系《魏书》十志之最后一志,全志以四分之三笔墨着重记载了北魏佛教的发展历史,是研究北魏佛教乃至中国佛教的重要传统史料。通过对《释老志》的文献解读,可以窥探北魏佛教发展的若干表现及其发展中的矛与盾式困境,从而达到对北魏佛教更深入的认识。

The spread of Buddhism to China started in the Han Dynasty,when a white horse carried the sutra to China.The Northern Wei Dynasty was a period of great development and reform of Chinese Buddhism.Shi Lao Zhi(the record of Buddhism history and thoughts)is the last of the ten chronicles of Wei Shu(the record of the Northern Wei Dynasty).Three-quarters of Shi Lao Zhi recorded the development of Buddhism in the Northern Wei Dynasty,which is an important historical material to study Buddhism in the Northern Wei Dynasty and even Chinese Buddhism.Through the literature interpretation of Shi Lao Zhi,we can explore some manifestations and the dilemma of contradiction in the development of Buddhism,so as to further understand the Buddhism in the Northern Wei Dynasty.