Buddhist Stories in the Early Tang Dynasty and the Rise of the Literary Tales' Style
Han Yun
Abstract
Han Yun
Abstract
The Buddhist stories in the early Tang Dynasty,following “the Buddhist Notes” in the Six Dynasties,had a quick development.They showed general life of values by abstracting religious faith,and general emotional life by changing religious world to human world.So they hold a “fiction flavour”. They also offered some new meanings in story prototypes,narrative models and spreading tactics for ancient pre\|fictions.These factors directly helped to bring about the rise of Literary Tales' style in Tang Dynasty.
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The Buddhist stories in the early Tang Dynasty,following “the Buddhist Notes” in the Six Dynasties,had a quick development.They showed general life of values by abstracting religious faith,and general emotional life by changing religious world to human world.So they hold a “fiction flavour”. They also offered some new meanings in story prototypes,narrative models and spreading tactics for ancient pre\|fictions.These factors directly helped to bring about the rise of Literary Tales' style in Tang Dynasty.
Key concepts: Buddhism, Faith, Narrative, Literature, Style (visual arts), Six Dynasties, History, Chinese literature