On the Translation and Spread of the Gāthā of Five Characters and the Writing of the Poems of Five Characters in the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the Southern Dynasties

Although the theory of four sentences making up a Gāthā was a parlance in the past dynasties in Buddhism classics,but not all the Gāthās consist of four sentences.Along with the gradual integration of Buddhism into people's daily life at that time,Gāthā became the name of religious poems.The Poems of Five Characters provided the form for Buddhist Gāthā in its translation and spread.And the translation and spread of a great number of the Gāthās of Five Characters in turn greatly influenced the Poems of Five Characters.Firstly,the poems are similar to the Gāthā.Secondly,the Gāthā written by Shaman is similar to the poems.Thirdly,the translated Gāthā is similar to poems.The Xuan Poems of Five Characters fused with Buddhism in the Eastern Jin Dynasty,and the Buddhist Poems appeared in the Southern Dynasties.