漢譯佛典的輸入,在漢唐宗教文學發展史上具有特別重要的意義。一方面,它為道教文學提供了一個完全異質的他方文化作為可資比較的參照系;另一方面,它對道經文體分類也產生過重要影響,進而催生了宗教文化視野中的比較文體學。兩種宗教經典的文體比較,雖然是全方位、多層次的,但自宗教文獻體系之"局內"視角而言,主要以體、相、用範疇來確立其主體內容的基本架構。研究者若進而整合"局外人"(包括西方學界)的研究方法與成果,則可能建構出更具普遍性的宗教文化視野中的比較文體學理論。

The advent of Chinese translations of the Buddhist classics was of great significance for the development of religious literature in the Han and Tang.On the one hand it provided Taoist literature with a totally "other" culture as a reference for comparison;on the other,it had an important impact on stylistic classification of the Taoist classics,thus catalyzing comparative stylistics from the perspective of religious culture.Although a comparison of the two religions’ classics may be comprehensive and multi-layered,from the perspective of an "insider" view of religious literature,the basic structure of its main content was established in terms of the categories of substance,form and use.If researchers integrate the research methodology and achievements of "outsiders"(including Western scholars),we may be able to establish a comparative stylistics theory based on a more universal religious culture.