弥陀净土信仰与谢灵运的山水文学创作

The Belief in Amitāyus Pureland and Xie Lingyun's Creation of Mountains-and-Waters Literature

弥陀净土是流行在中国最大的净土思想流派,其构筑的美妙的净土境界、简便易行的法门以及重生不畏死的生死观,对中国文人产生了深刻的影响。晋宋大诗人谢灵运自觉地接受了弥陀净土思想的影响。当谢灵运同时面对和走向山水文学和弥陀净土信仰时,他的审美观和文学创作实践即被纳入到了他的弥陀净土信仰的意识结构之中。

Amitāyus's Pureland was the biggest school of Pureland thinking once prevailed in China. It greatly influenced many Chinese scholars in its beautifully constructed Pureland realm, its simple religious practice and its concept of not fearing death. Xie Lingyun, the great poet in the East Jin and Song Dynasties, consciously accepted the Amitāyus Pureland faith and its way of thinking. As a result, when he did his mountains-and-waters writings and practiced his Amitāyus Pureland faith, his aesthetic standards and literary writing practice were naturally blended into the structures of his consciousness of the Amitāyus Pureland faith.