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Ghost Of Buddhist Research Capacity And Communication

Posted on:2014-02-23Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:B TongFull Text:PDF
GTID:1225330401460360Subject:World History
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This article takes the fusion of Silla’s Buddhism and the communication with Tang dynasty as research objects. It analyses the process and characters of the fusion, explains the significant and influence of the communication between Silla and Tang dynasty after the surveys of the historical and thoughtful backgrounds. This article includes three parts:the introduction part, the main part and conclusion part.Paragraph1is the introduction part of the article. It explains the purpose and meaning of the article, introduces the dynamic situations of both at home and abroad, the method of the article and clarifies the innovations of this article.The main part includes four characters——from character2to character5.The character2called "the prosperity of Buddhism in china and the spread to the Korean peninsula". In the period of Han dynasty, Buddha began to spread to china in the3rd century BC. During this time, Buddhism was fighting and fusing with Chinese culture, and it was developing and changing. At the same time, it began to spread to the Korean peninsula. The Goguryeo was the first to accept the Buddhism because of the geographical location, the second one was the Baekje and the Silla was the last one.The character3called "the background and process of the Buddhism fusion". The Silla was located on the most southern of the Korean peninsula. It was cut off by sea and Constrained by Goguryeo and Baekje. It only had a little bit communications with china. So the Silla was the last to accept Buddhism. At the same time, the society culture of Silla was not as developed as Goguryeo and Baekje, it has a stubborn traditional belief. The introduction of Buddhism was rejected by the traditional belief. Buddhism was accepted after some bloodshed. But what is worth mentioning, after Buddhism was accepted, it developed to the state religion with the fast and safe speed. With the support of the ruling class, Buddhism was developing really fast. Many temple towers were built; many monks and nuns were gathered. It emerged many talented hierarchies. The Buddhist art was particularly brilliant, and then it was into the golden age of Korean Buddha.The character4called "the characteristics of the Silla buddhism" The characteristics are the country protection practices and the thoughts of country-Buddha land. The dominators of Silla advocated Buddhism as a country belief. Buddhism began to protect and support the country. The Silla turned the protecting thoughts into some piratical activities. At the same time, the Silla talented monks created the country-Buddha land which was really important.The character5called "the activities and meanings of the Silla monks in tang dynasty". With the prosperity of the Silla Buddha, she send some monks to china to study, some of the monks went to India by crossing china. Some monks who come to china were on some political purpose that was important for the communication between the Silla and china in the special period. They made significant contributions for the development and spread of Chinese Buddha by visiting the famous places and taking part in some activities. When they returned to the Silla after the study, they took a lot of Buddhism books and antiques to homeland, some of they began to teach new students and build some Silla Buddhist sections. That was really important for the development of Silla Buddha, and also brought some new understanding of Buddhism to china.The conclusion part explains the characteristic of the Silla Buddha fusion and the communications with Tang dynasty in five ways.
Keywords/Search Tags:Silla, Buddhism, fusion, communication
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