Vimalakirti Study In WeiJin Northern And Southern Dynasties

Vimalakirti don’t like other Buddhist statues wide spread.But in WeiJin Northern and Southern dynasties was deeply loved by literati and other upper class and become the special Buddhist statues in that period. Vimalakirti began from Ku K’ai-chih to Li Gonglincontinues more than 700 years. Though there is a change for different periods but fixed style survived make Vimalakirti become the Vimalakirti. The article shortthe length of study, put important on WeiJin Northern and Southern Dynasties, and combining literatures and images. Through study, we know the fixed statues come from local Chinese statues. And from the documentary, we can discover Vimalakirti spread from top to bottom level. And Vimalakirti has a close relationship with literati image, his life style also become school-bureaucrat life reference. This culture worship different from North Dynasty and normal people worship. So Vimalakirti can be called of scholar-bureaucrat’s statue.