A Study of the Relation between Jiang Zong's Life and Buddhism
This article,trying to make a research about the close relation between Buddhism and Jiang Zong,the famous literator during the period of Liang and Chen Dynasties,specifies his monk friends and the historic events of Buddhism he experienced. Jiang Zong,whose forefathers and many friends enjoyed Buddhism,learned from the Buddhism master Huibu,his teacher,performed the ceremony of the Bodhisattva Vow twice,asked questions from famous monks Zhiwen and Huicheng,composed epigraphs for Huiyong,Falang,Rabbi Qiong,and in order to make Liangwu Emperor in Liang dynasty leave the temple and return to court,wrote confession for cultivation in all ministers’place.