The Difference of Chinese Buddhist Thought During the Spread of Japan -Combination with Shinto Religious Though
Abstract
China and Japan have always been two countries with much in common in the East Asian cultural circle, and their economic, political and cultural exchanges have been of great importance, whether in ancient times or in modern times. In the history of cultural exchanges between China and Japan, the Chinese Buddhist thought is the most important. Japanese Buddhist thought learned from China has flourished in its native land, and has gone through all kinds of localization with Japanese national characteristics, and in this historical process, Japanese native national culture has also had a great influence on Chinese Buddhism. which was mainly reflected in the combination with Japanese Shinto religious thought. In the cultural exchanges, Shinto absorbed the Taoism of Buddhism, and Buddhism was popularized in Japan through the momentum of Shinto. Through the research of this thesis, it is concluded that Shinto perfected its own teachings through the spread of Buddhism, and Buddhism relied on Shinto to spread through myths among the ruling class and the common people of Japan. After the Meiji Restoration, Shinto gradually overshadowed Buddhism due to the belief in the cult of the Emperor, and the development of Chinese Buddhism in Japan gradually lost its original characteristics due to the ruling class’s policy towards Shinto.
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