谭桂林先生的新著《２０世纪中国文学与佛学》（安徽教育出版社１９９９年１２月版），以文学与佛学的内在联结关系为基石，在四个大的层面上对２０世纪中国文学作了新的审视与考察：关于现代文学接受佛学影响的历史渊源；佛学对２０世纪中国作家文化心理、人格构成所产生的潜 Tan Guilin’s new book “20th Century Chinese Literature and Buddhism” (Anhui Education Press, December 1999 edition), with the internal connection between literature and Buddhism as the cornerstone of the four major aspects of the 20th century Chinese literature A new examination and investigation: the historical origins of the acceptance of Buddhism by modern literature; the potential of Buddhism for the cultural psychology and personality of 20th century Chinese writers