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This paper examines the Buddhist chanting in Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern dynasties from several aspects, such as the historical position of it, the reason for its flourish, its speech way, etc. This paper also redetermines the relationship between Buddhist chanting and poetry writing in middle ancient times. The results for this research are as the following: First, The effective factor of Buddhism on Chinese phonology was not Buddhist chanting, but Sutra translation. Second, Buddhist verses were mainly translated or created by monks. However, in Yongming reign’s period of the Southern Qi dynasty, more and more verses were written by the literati. Third, the new type of Buddhist chanting had the same principle with poetry in Yongming reign’s period, and they were two major cultural movements keeping pace with each other in the same time. Fourth, the influence of the new type of Buddhist chanting on Yongming poetry was displayed on verbal expression. It made the way of Buddhist chanting in Wu region official, and pushed forward the establishment of a new way of poetry intoning which also based on the accent of Wu.
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Jin Xi 金溪, Ph.D. candidate at Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University, obtained her MA degree from Tsinghua University in 2007. Her main research interests include literature in Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern dynasties, and Buddhism in the middle ancient time of China. Her published articles include “Wuyin yinsong yu Yongming xinbian shiti” 吴音吟诵与永明新变诗体 (The new intonation performed in Wu dialect and the new prosody in Yongming reign’s period), “Xianqin shiqi wenxue koutou chuanbo fangshi de chansheng yu zaoqi xingtai” 先秦时期文学口头传播方式的产生与早期形态 (The appearance and early situation of several methods of literary oral transmission in pre-Qin period).
Wang Xiaodun 王小盾, Professor at the School of Literature, Sichuan Normal University, obtained his Ph.D. degree from Yangzhou Teachers College in 1985. His main research interests include ancient Chinese musical literature, Chinese culture in the early period, and overseas Chinese literature. His main works include Sui-Tang wudai yanyue zayan geci yanjiu 隋唐五代燕乐杂言歌辞研究 (The study of verses with uneven phrasing used in banquet music in the Sui and Tang dynasties), Cong dunhuangxue dao yuwai han wenxue 从敦煌学到域外汉文 学 (From the Tunhuangology to the studies of overseas Chinese Literature), and Zhongguo zaoqi sixiang yu fuhao yanjiu 中国早期思想与符号研究 (The ideology and symbol in the early period of China).
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Jin, X., Wang, X. The new type of Buddhist chanting and the poetry transformation in Yongming reign’s period. Front. Lit. Stud. China 4, 523–552 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11702-010-0110-x
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