Buddhism And World Situation Novels In Qing Dynasty

Buddhism has begun to exert a subtle influence on the political,social,and cultural aspects of China,since the Eastern and Western Han dynasties were introduced from India to China.As Buddhism went deep into the China,the attitudes of the various dynasties to Buddhism varied from each other,and there were different esteemed or against Buddhism policies,thus demonstrating the Buddhist temperament of different dynasties.The world situation novel,mainly to trace the world,shows the life of the ancient people,but also to a certain extent recorded the status quo of the development of Buddhism.As the last dynasty of feudalism,the Qing Dynasty showed particularity in many aspects,and Buddhism was one of the cases.Although the Qing dynasty was the decline period of Buddhism,but because of the dual role brought about by the secularization of Buddhism-on the one hand,Buddhism’s neglect of righteousness,heavy form and light connotation,resulting in the development of Buddhism stalled,no progress,on the other hand,the increase of Buddhist believers,Buddhism was more popular in the public,deep into the lives of the people,The development of Buddhism in the Qing dynasty showed the contradictory phenomenon of surface prosperity but inner decline.These Buddhist phenomena are embodied in the minutiae and lines of world situation novels.This article takes the Qing Dynasty world situation novel as the research object,analyzes the Buddhist cultural content involved and the popular faith Buddha expression.Mainly divided into three chapters,of which the first chapter and the second chapter are the focus chapters.The introduction part explains the significance and research methods of this paper,and summarizes the previous achievements of world situation novels and Buddhist studies in the Qing Dynasty.The first chapter mainly introduces the manifestation of the secularization of Buddhism,and compares with the relevant descriptions in the novels of worldsituation in the Qing Dynasty,and peeped into the manifestation and development of the secularization of Buddhism at that time.The first section takes the secularization of the Buddhist temple as the starting point.Analyzes the temple as a Buddhist collection of Buddhist scriptures and Buddha statues and carrying out various places such as the translation of Buddhist scriptures,topping and other religious activities,the monastery has become a place to accommodate dirty affairs,pornography,tourist attractions and other secular activities.The second section analyzes the image of the Bodhisattva from the original solemn sublime,revered salvation sentient beings,gradually pulled down the altar,in People’s daily spoken language has become a joke,analogy of the ordinary image.The third section takes the folks’ Buddhist activity as the research point,analyzes the Buddhism from the original heavy righteousness chapter development to heavy Buddhist practice,from for the faithful blessing to the disguised accumulation of wealth and so on secularization transformation.The second chapter mainly studies the Qing Dynasty world situation novels and Buddhist denominations,summarizes the embodiment of the sectarian development under the influence of the Buddhist policy in the Qing Dynasty,as well as the Buddhist culture reflected behind the novel and the real life background of the Qing Dynasty.The first section discusses the relationship between the thought of Zen-seeing the heart into a Buddha and the world situation novel,as well as the development of the Zen scripture Diamond Sutra(《金刚经》)and its efficative story.The second section take Tantra as research target,which propaganda the three secret of body,mouth,thought corresponding can be the Buddha,mainly introduced the Qing Dynasty world situation novels appear more of the Joy Buddha and pharmacist Buddha’s relevant knowledge,and its performance and role in the novel.In the third section,the paper analyzes the way of calling Buddha of the pure land and its unique phenomenon-yu zong,and briefly introduces the new form of the phenomenon of pure land’s yu zong in the course of development.The third chapter is the Buddhism and politics in the novels of world situation in the Qing Dynasty,expounds the political culture behind the different policies and policies of the Qing Dynasty to Buddhism in different periods,and analyzes the influence of these policies on the development of Buddhism and some influence on the folk Buddhist believers in the light of the relevant descriptions in world situation novels.The first section analyzes its political significance from the angle of the Qing Dynasty’s policy on Tibetan Buddhism,and explains the influence of different periodsof policies on the development of Tibetan Buddhism in the China,mainly from the two angles of the monk Lama and the Living Buddha.The second section analyzes the various manifestations and influences of the world situation novels in the Qing Dynasty from the perspective of the monks and nuns’ household registration system.