Buddhist Shadow in the Literary World (Abridged Edition) -- Sun Changwu's Anthology

This book is a collection of ten articles about the relationship between Buddhism and ancient Chinese literature, each of which has its own contents, involving the thoughts of literati, the creation of monks and customs, literary theory, literary performance skills, etc. The writing method of each article, like reading notes, focuses on the description of historical facts, and also makes some necessary textual research and analysis. From the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, the great influence of Buddhism on the ancient Chinese literature can be seen through this book.