The set phrases, proverbs, commonly used words and truncated witticisms which involve Buddhism culture are known together as Buddhism idioms. They are rooted in China's social soil, and reflect the matter culture, system culture and psychological culture of Buddhism. Vividly have manifested the Han nationality unique culture characteristics, Buddhism idioms are known as an important constituent of Chinese idioms system. The origin of Buddhism idioms might be divided into two kinds, which are the ancient classical books and the folk spoken language. Buddhism idioms manifest the emotion about "respect", "fear", "deride" and "slander", which embody prominent contradiction. Massive Buddhism idioms contain humanism thinking mode, and manifest the thinking mode which inclines to practical and utility.
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