毋庸置疑,作为一种外来文化思潮,佛教对中国古代文学的影响是巨大的。这种影响随着佛教在中国本土发展的不同阶段而表现不同。在明一代,佛教不但在中土站稳脚跟、完全融入老百姓的生活,而且成为和儒、道相提并论的宗教形式。《喻世明言》之《张道陵七试赵升》中有:“从来混沌剖判,便立下了三教:太上老君立了道教,释迦祖师立了佛教,孔夫子立了儒教。儒教中出圣贤,佛教中出佛菩萨,道教中出神仙。”明代甚至 Undoubtedly, Buddhism has a tremendous influence on ancient Chinese literature as a kind of foreign cultural thoughts. This influence varies with Buddhism at different stages of development in China. In the Ming and the early generations, Buddhism not only gained a firm foothold in Turkey and Turkey, but also fully integrated into the life of the common people. Moreover, Buddhism became a religious form that is more like Confucianism and Taoism. In “Zhang Shiling’s Seven Tests of Zhao Sheng” in “Yu Shiming’s Speech”, there are: “Chaos has never been judged, and three religions have been set up: Taoist Laojun was established Taoism, Buddhism was established by Buddha Lama, Confucianism was established by Confucius Confucianism out of the sages, Buddhism in the Buddha, Taoism in the gods. ”Ming and even