清代词学与佛义禅理

以佛义禅理论词是清代词学的特殊现象。明代以前,佛家对词体持排斥态度。清代词学家借禅宗表现新的词学观念,用禅宗范畴对一些词学命题进行新的阐释,或借禅境喻词境,另辟蹊径以探寻古今词人词作的艺术意蕴。佛义禅理成为清代词学理论的重要思想方法之一。

Ci-ology and Buddhist Doctrines in the Qing Dynasty

Explaining Ci by Buddhist doctrines was a unique phenomenon in Ci-ology in the Qing dynasty.Before the Ming dynasty,Buddhists had prejudice against the form of Ci;while in the Qing dynasty,Ci theorists expressed the new ideas of Ci-ology by way of Buddhism.They used to name their Ci collections by Buddhist terms in order to bring the unique artistic conception and ideal into prominence.They expounded some propositions of Ci-ology by employing the terms of Buddhism,or quoted the Buddhist conceptions for the artistic sense of Ci.Thus,they developed a new and unique way of obtaining the artistic connotation of Ci of ancient and contemporary times.Explanation of Buddhist doctrines at that time became an important approach for Ci-ology in the Qing dynasty.