The Prosperity of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoist Culture in Tang Dynastyand Its Influence on Literature

In Tang Dynasty,the thoughts went through some steps of worshipping the Taoism in the early period,Queen Wu’s worship for Buddhism,the conflict between Confucianism and Buddhism,and the last period of expelling the Buddhism and worshipping the Taoism,but three religions in any period are in parallel existence.Tang dynasty has the features of socio-cultural pluralism that directly led to the forma-tion of a vibrant in artistic creativity,which are expressed in aspects of literature and literary criticism.Un-der the impact of Confucian culture,Han Yu led the literary movement of focusing on the realistic problems.And Bai Juyi headed the similar Xin Yuefu campaign,and the early poet,Chen Zi’ang advocated the el-egant literary innovation spirit.All of them constituted the realism of the trans-full Tang poetics,effectively carried out the social function of poetry.Under the influence of Taoism,many scholars in the Tang dynasty were in hopeless situations,and chose the hermitage road.The beautiful and serene scenery caused the po-etry to be full of imagination which pushed the romantic spirit of poetry into a new realm.Under the impact of Buddhism,Chinese Buddhism-Zen is that mind is Buddha.Thoughts of everything will be decided by Buddha’s will penetrated gradually into the poems of Tang Dynasty.