A Study Of Music Historical Materials In The Chinese Translation Of Buddhist Scriptures In The Northern Wei Dynasty

With the introduction of Buddhism into China,the introduction of buddhist sutras became inevitable.In order to promote the doctrine,christians began to translate buddhist scriptures.Northern wei is the buddhist scriptures into Chinese rapid development phase,"the unknown total eighty-three units eighty-three volumes",historical materials on music major in "there""miscellaneous treasure sutra" pay law hidden karma biography "the Buddha solemn wisdom all the light into the Buddha state through" force "the letter into the printing practice of" big pizza covered,dry son said,"into the Lanka sutra" ten to the theory of "the boundless longevity by optimal potti" "dabao product by the theory of" the Buddha is set by the peres "she asked,"Vincent newsletter and the king of the teachings of mindfulness "good to the emperor asked the meaning" "back to Zheng theory" of 16 books,about thirty thousand words.The historical materials of music in the translation of buddhist scriptures into Chinese in the northern wei dynasty are mainly divided into three categories:supporting historical materials of music,explaining historical materials of music and reciting historical materials of music.The records of feeding music include:offering music mainly for singing and dancing and music mainly for Musical Instruments.The records of the historical materials of music are as follows:tree sound,bird sound,ru lai sound and bodhisattva sound.The historical materials of music recitation include:the precepts of the sound of chanting and the sound and eloquence.The historical materials of music in the chinese-translated buddhist sutras can provide us with a relatively plump system of music in religion,thus providing a variety of art forms suitable for different social classes.The historical materials of music in the translation of buddhist scriptures into Chinese in the northern wei dynasty have complementary and allusive effects on the environment of music in the early stage of Buddhism,the types of music in primitive Buddhism and the music view of primitive Buddhism.The Buddhism culture and even the Buddhism music from the western region are combined with the local culture and music to form the Chinese Buddhism culture and music.The Chinese translation of buddhist sutras plays an important role in the process of the native Chinese culture of music.The large-scale translation of the northern wei dynasty into the Chinese classics occupies an important position in the history of translation and Buddhism.Therefore,the historical materials of music in the translated buddhist sutras in the northern wei dynasty are of great significance to the study of music in Buddhism.