突厥佛教盛衰考

Rising and Falling of Buddhism among the Turks

突厥佛教始兴于6世纪下半叶佗钵可汗统治时期,曾受到中原、印度及中亚粟特佛教的交互影响。由于佛教戒杀生、戒争斗的教义与突厥游牧射猎、尚勇好武的习俗多有抵牾,故佛教在漠北未能扎根而不久便趋于衰亡,惟中亚西突厥人因受当地佛教的影响而流行的时间较长,延至8世纪中期,后随着伊斯兰教势力的东浸而衰亡。

The time when Buddhism rised in the Turks can be dated back to the period of Taspar Qaghan.the forth ruler of the Turk Khanate who reigned from 572 to 581 .The Buddhism was influenced by varied factors from China,India and Central Asia, the present paper contains an account, as far as possible of the history of rising and falling of Buddhism among the Turks based on the Chinese Historical and related Turkic materials. Due to doctrine of Buddhism, such as to stop killing, going on a vegetarian diet etc. Contravene to the custom of nomadic life of the Turks, Buddhism became feeble and died very soon after Taspar Qaghan died in Mongolia. Meanwhile, Buddhism of the west Turks lived in Central Asian where Buddshism fiorished from the early century of Christian era. Kept to the mid-8th century when Central Asia was conquered by force of Muslin arms.