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Emnenst Monk From Outside Of China And The Formation Of Early Chinese Buddhism

Posted on:2008-11-10Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X Z CaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360218950599Subject:Chinese philosophy
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Buddhist produced in India, in the Han Dynasty Buddhism was introduced to China. By the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Buddhism had gradually been imposing. Buddhism first spread in China mainly through the translation of western monks'introductions. According to Liang dynasty records, Chinese Buddhism is formed in the path of India and the Central Asian Buddhist monks and in the spirit of enlightenment. Along with Buddhist monks foreign translation of Buddhist canons deals only disseminated Turkey. It can be seen that only Buddhist canons spread into China to bring Chinese Buddhism, rather than Buddhism into China to carry out the translation of Buddhist canons. Early Chinese Buddhism mainly carried out the translation.Started from Prince An Shigao, numerous monks worked together sparking a spectacular Buddhist translation movement from domestic and abroad. Among these, there are two important and special people, Lou Micah and Kumarajiva. Kumarajiva and Lou Micah are the typical delegates in the Emnenst monk from outside of China. The dignitaries from outside of China have significant statuses in the history of the development of Buddhism in China. They made great contributions to the spread of Buddhism, the translation of Buddhistical scriptures and promoted the establishment of the administrative system of monks and nuns and especially poured active and profound effects on the documentation of Buddhism.This paper believes that not only the translation of Buddhist scriptures is important feature in the early Chinese Buddhism, but also the early Chinese Buddhist form of the important mechanisms, eminent monk from outside of China have played an important role. Therefore, we can have a more comprehensive understanding to the Indian Buddhism localization process in China.
Keywords/Search Tags:the translation of scriptures, Eminent monk from outside of China, Early Chinese Buddhism
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