中日古典文学作品中无常思想的差异

感叹人生无常是中日两国古典文学中常见的主题。无常意味着灾难,它所导致的结果就是生离死别。中日两国古典文学对于“灾难”的起因和“生死”的看法有着明显的不同。前者用儒家思想来解释“灾难”的原因,即无常是社会的各种弊端造成的,而后者则用佛教思想来解释“灾难”的原因,即灾难是无常世界本身造成的。对于“生死”,中国古代文人“忧生”,日本古代文人“崇死”。

Differences between the Ideas of Inconstancy in Chinese and Japanese Literary Classics

Inconstancy of life is the constant theme in Chinese and Japanese literary classics. Inconstancy is the cause of disaster, which results in separation and death. As to the origin of inconstancy and attitudes towards it, there are different ideas in Chinese and Japanese literary classics. In the former, the origin of the inconstancy of life is explained in terms of Confucianism, whereas in the latter, it is explained in terms of Buddhism, believing that disasters are caused by the inconstant world. With regard to "life and death", ancient Chinese writers "care more about life", whereas Japanese writers "worship death".