1. The influence of Buddhism on philosophy
Buddhist philosophy itself contains profound knowledge. It has insights into the universe and life, reflection on human rationality, and analysis of concepts. Has profound and unique insights. In "Dialectics of Nature", Engels praised Buddhists for being at a higher stage of development of human dialectical thinking. In the field of philosophical thought, ancient Chinese philosophy and Buddhism have an indissoluble bond.
2. Influence on the Chinese literary world
1. Expansion of content
Since the Han Dynasty in China, scholars have only admired the ancient times, and small dares have created a little bit. , although there are new concepts, they only have ancient words, which makes academic life boring. When the Buddhist scriptures were first translated, in addition to the phonetic transliteration of the inherent nouns, the image-speakers also copied the ancient ones. Later, after a long period of research, I felt that it was difficult to combine the old words and the new meanings. If we kept using the ancient words, we often The words convey the meaning in small ways, so we need to create new words, which invisibly promotes the expansion of the content of the Chinese language. Although the current Buddhist dictionary cannot search out all the new terms in the Buddhist scriptures, it is enough to make people amazed after reading it.
2. Changes in Dharma and Style
The style of Buddhist scriptures is slightly different from that of ordinary books. The most obvious one is that Buddhist scriptures are both small and small. The use of beautiful words and phrases is small. At the same time, there are many inverted grammars in the Buddhist scriptures, and there are also few adjectives, heavy words, and words with the same pattern. Especially in one article, prose and poetry are intertwined, and the small tube is a brown poetic style. Ode, or a long line in prose style, contains a combination of reasoning, narrative, and questions and answers.
3. The development of artistic style
From the Six Dynasties to the Song Dynasty, Buddhism was popular. Many poets got involved in Buddhism and made friends with monks. Their poetry creation was deeply influenced by Buddhism. The famous poet Tu Wei, Zi Juyi, Liu Zongyuan and others believed in Buddhism, and many of their works contained Buddhist philosophy and Zen.
3. The influence of the Chinese art world
1. The influence of architecture
Although ancient Chinese architecture is not as practical as the West, it strives to be exquisite, such as The display layout at the front and back of the house, the wonderful embellishments on the left and right, and the small size are comparable to those of Western buildings. In particular, the construction of Buddhist temples, with their exquisite structure and magnificent and solemn style, all imitate the original state of Buddhism in India. As for the pagodas scattered throughout mainland China, they can also represent the perseverance of Buddhism and give people a sacred and noble feeling. Feel.
2. The influence of painting and sculpture
Painting and sculpture can better show the influence of Buddhism. Buddhism was introduced to China, and the grotto art from India and the Western Regions was also introduced. The Buddhist art of ancient India mainly consisted of cave murals and sculptures, and China's cave art is their inheritance and development. Its influence route is the "Silk Road".
4. The influence of music
The music of ancient China is very rich, but after Buddhism entered China, new tunes were added, which brought new breakthroughs to Chinese music, such as 'monastery The bells and other music imitate the excellent Sanskrit sounds in the Buddhist scriptures. As for the mid-range bells and drums in Buddhist temples, they are all ritual music for the monks' daily life and entertainment.
4. The influence of Buddhism on Chinese customs
China’s original Confucian belief focused on the construction of real life and had no time to speculate on issues before and after life. As well as the metaphysical ontology of the universe, they are all trivial theories. When it comes to issues of compensation and punishment for good and evil, we only place our hope on our descendants. In fact, judging from the actual historical facts, the retribution we place on our descendants is very unreliable.
Extended information:
1. Buddhism has never had a strict organization. Many scholars do not think Buddhism is a religion.
Buddhism has never formed a strict organization. , not only is there no unified world church, there is no national or regional church, so many scholars do not think Buddhism is a religion. Because religion first controls people's thoughts too much and then achieves the purpose of controlling people. Buddhism has never had such an attempt.
2. Buddhism has never used force to preach or force others to believe in religion, nor does it have such means
In the process of spreading Buddhism, it has never used military force or religious wars. To force people to believe.
3. There is no authoritative classic, no unified thought, and no unique object of worship
Buddhism also has a major feature, which is that it does not have a unified or unique authoritative classic, or even a complete A unified ideological system and the only object of worship. Its classics are formed in the cultural backgrounds of different regions and different nations, and are continuously produced.
Reference material: The value of Buddhist culture in exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations - People's Daily Online