中国是一个多民族、多宗教的国家,除了本身的道教及一些原始宗教外,外来的佛教便是其一。公元前六世纪,古代印度产生了佛教,东汉时期,佛教东传,先经西域,后至中原。有学者认为宗教是人类文化的源头,对此说法,我不敢随意简单地肯定或否定。但是,宗教中蕴含着丰富的思想文化乃至科学知识;宗教是一种包容性最广的最复杂的文化现象,则是毫无疑问的。佛教亦是如此。它传入中国后,在两千多年的岁月里,与中国的传统文化相互影响、融合,成 China is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country. Except for its own Taoism and some primitive religions, the foreign Buddhism is one of them. The sixth century BC, ancient India produced Buddhism, the Eastern Han Dynasty, Buddhism, the East, after the Western Regions, the Central Plains. Some scholars think that religion is the source of human culture. In this regard, I am not willing to simply affirm or deny it. However, religion contains a wealth of ideological and cultural as well as scientific knowledge; religion is one of the most inclusive of the most complex cultural phenomenon, there is no doubt. So is Buddhism. After it was introduced to China, it interacted with and fused with the traditional Chinese culture over two thousand years