The Transmutation of Buddhist Chen and Its Influence on Chinese Traditional Civilization

佛教进入中国初期，佛谶的演变经历过两个阶段。早期佛教经义中佛菩萨预言类型翻译为佛之谶言，是佛谶最本初的形态。后佛教弘传至中国，大量西域胡僧善纬作谶的风尚流行开来，经过魏晋南北朝隋唐佛教大量传播，在翻译文本和意识形态上不可避免受两汉时期的谶纬思维影响，汉地僧人参与佛教谶言的制造与大量疑伪经的出现，导致另一种形态佛谶的出现，其具有中土传统文化特色，以导俗而求真，意在使佛教更好地融入中土文化。佛谶在传播形式上更加本土化．在内容上更多方面表现出对社会民生个人命运的关怀。，佛谶的演变对于佛教在中国的传播及与主流文化适应过程中发挥了不可小觑的作用。At the initial stage of Buddhism entering into early China, it is an inevitable trend that Bud- dhist theory, philosophy, dharma translation and dissemination, etc. might confront with Chinese cultural background of Chenwei thoughts in Han dynasty. We can find some kinds of fashion, such as Bodhisattva's prophecy in the Buddhist dharma, western Buddhist monks presages in history. After the propagating of Bud- dhism ideology from Wei Jin to Sui Tang dynasties of china, Chinese local monks began to take great part in Buddhist prophesy, so that great amount of Apocryphal with Chinese style produced. Another type of Buddhist Chen came into being, which could guide vulgar into Buddhist reality, has performed significant part in sprea- ding Buddhism into China'smainstream culture.06100-10