佛教自传入中国以来,大致有两条主要的传播途径:其一是僧团的传教;其二是佛经的传译和流通。就佛经而言,不仅其数量极为可观,而且其外在形式亦有艺术化的倾向,其中篇幅较短,以四、五言为主的“偈颂”与中国传统诗歌极为相似,这使深受中国传统文化影响的中国僧人对这一形式非常 Since its introduction into China, Buddhism has roughly two main routes of transmission: one is the missionary mission of the Sangha and the other is the interpretation and circulation of the Sutra. As far as the Buddhist scriptures are concerned, not only its quantity is extremely impressive, but its external forms also tend to be artful. Among them, the length of the book is relatively short, and the four-character and five-character “Ode to Songs” are very similar to traditional Chinese poetry, Chinese monks who are influenced by Chinese traditional culture are very much in this form