Liu Changqing And Buddhism

Liu Chang-qing,the second name Weng-fang.The native place had three views:Xuancheng, Hejian,Peng city.However he grew up in Luoyang since childhood,so he considered himself as for the Luoyang person.Liu Chang-qing was born in the Tang Dynasty Kaiyuan the 14th yearsaround(726)and died in Zhenyuan the sixth year(790).He went through the four dynasties:xuanzong,suzong,daizong and dezong.His experience was very rough:In early years he participated in many tests but to be defeated;In middle-aged time he once was put in prison unjustly,was relegated twice;In old age time he lost the government position inexplicably.He was proud his poetry ability and sealed himself the Great Wall about the poem with five characters per line.All previous dynasties poetry critics very much commendsed his poem.Huang Fu-shi,the Same time person,his< Answers Mr.Li the second book>said:" If the tail of the poem has Liu Chang—qing's poem.then Ruanji was inferior." Qing Dynasty person Lu Wenzhao.his < Liu Suizhou anthology words of encouragement>said:"Along with Suizhou's poem,...After Zimei, pushes settledly to hold up greatly." Qing Dynasty Xue Xue'ssaid:"His poem ideal condition may compare with Shading,the nameof "Great Wall" is not an unwarranted reputation." Although these commentaries have the undeserved praise not to be in accordance with the facts unavoidably the place,but may also proof his poem to have the quite high status truly.About Liu Chang-aing's research.the educational world has made the encouraging progress,in recent years has published the monograph three and paper several dozens. But these discuss are concentrating in the poetry thought art analysis and the research.Regarding Liu Chang-qing's religious belief,especially Buddhism believes research,very little has the paper to involve this aspect.This article mainly take Liu Chang-qing's poetry as object of study,combing Liu Chang-qing has visited temples and contacting Buddhist priests and many liking Buddhism's person,analyzing Liu Chang-qing's the development change of Buddhism thought between he entering around government and before,discussing Liu Chang-qing and the Buddhism various sects' relations,Promulgating the Buddhism thought to Liu Chang-qing's poetry creation influence,then perspectiving the influence of Buddhism to the Dali time even the entire late Tang time.The paper divides into four chapters:The first chapter introduced briefly Buddhism state of play during the period of the Tang Dynasty before the middle age.Each emperors believed in Buddhism,the literary intelligentsia social stratum venerated Buddhism,the folk respected Buddhism to achieve the frantic situation. Liu Chang-qing then lived in this kind of Buddhism atmosphere strong society.The second chapter researched the Buddhism landscape where Liu Chang-qing to travel, mainly by temples,as well as the Buddhist priest and poets who Liu Chang-qing associated.Liu it Chang-qing's intercourse isvery wide.This thesis take into the discussion selectively by the dimensionof Lin Chang-qing Buddhism faith and the relational degree,especially the possibilities of Buddhist influence.The third chapter analysied and compared the development change of Liu Chang-qing's Buddhism thought between entering around government and before,discussed Liu Chang-qing and the Buddhism various sects' relations,taking the Tiantai and the zen Buddhism as key points.The fourth chapter discussed Liu Chang-qing's Buddhism thought's that had theinfluenced on poem creations,and the emphased the launches from the creating method and poetic style etc. The concrete manifestation was:composing a poem with the Buddhism terminology;composing a poem with the Buddhism image;composing a poem with the Buddhism implication.