隋、初唐时期中国、朝鲜半岛、日本佛教状况之分析

中国、朝鲜半岛和日本同处于亚洲东部,中国隋、初唐和朝鲜半岛高句丽、百济、新罗三国时代后期以及日本的推古天皇、天智天皇朝代①大致处于人类历史的同一时期,当时三个国家都有佛教。佛教之间既存在密切的联系以及相同之处,又有截然不同的特点。密切的联系和相同之处主要在于佛教的传播和相互间的影响,截然不同的特点则主要表现在佛教在各自国家不同的影响和地位。而在朝鲜半岛和日本,佛教虽然刚刚传入,却形成了政治佛教、国家宗教。

A Comparison between China,Korean Peninsula and Japan in Their Buddhism Evoluton in the Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Buddhism is popular in China's Sui and early Tang dynasties,as well as Koguryo,Silla and Paekche on the Korean Peninsula and Japan's Suiko Tenno and Tenchi Tenno period.The article aims to analyze the evolution of Buddhism in these countries in the same historical period from a religious and sociological perspective.The evolution and influence of Buddhism in these countries bear some similarities as well as some differences.Although Buddhism is introduced into China in the Eastern Han Dynasty,it does not become a state religion.It is spread in Japan and the Korean Peninsula later than in China,but it has become political Buddhism as well as a state religion then.