从墓志看宋代女性的佛教信仰

宋代女性通过各种途径了解到佛教教义，种种原因又促使大量女性最终皈依佛教。不过，不同年龄层次、不同生活时期的宋代女性，她们的佛教信仰状况存在着差异。同时，作为家庭、社会的重要成员，宋代女性的佛教信仰行为又不可避免地对其家庭、对社会产生不同层面的影响。此外，与以往时期信佛女性相比，宋代信佛女性既与她们有相似之处，也具有这个时期自身的特色。

A Study of the Buddhism Believes of Feminine during the Song Dynasty,Based on the Tombstone Inscriptions

Female Buddhist monks got in touch with Buddhism by various way ,and believed in Buddhism for some reasons during Song Dynasty. However, the status of the Buddhist belief is differert between famale monks in different ages and times. At the same time, as an important member of a family and society, the woman＇s behavior of believing in Buddhism had great influence not only on women＇s body and mind, but also on family and social convention and customs. On the one hand, the behavior and motive of female Buddhist monks in Song Dynasty was somewhat similar to ones living in other periods in history. On the other hand, they showed more rationality in dealing with the relation of Buddhism and Confucianism.