佛教起源于二千五百年前的印度,于两汉之际传入中国,经魏晋南北朝近三百年的演化和发展,至隋、唐完成本土化。期间,从三世纪至六世纪上半叶,佛教又经中国东南沿海、或经朝鲜半岛二条路线陆续传入日本。公元六至九世纪,日本曾4次派出遣隋使及19次遣唐使,前来中国求法并学习先进的文化和技术。这时的中日文化和经济交流十分密集,规模空前。随着来华日本官员、僧侣的回归,中国高僧鉴真大师的东渡,中国佛教及 Buddhism originated in India about 2500 years ago and was introduced into China on the occasion of the Han Dynasty. After three centuries of evolution and development in the Wei, Jin and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Buddhism was localized in the Sui and Tang dynasties. During the period from the third century to the first half of the sixth century, Buddhism was introduced into Japan one after another along the southeast coast of China or via two routes of the Korean Peninsula. From the 6th to the 9th century, Japan sent dispatched Sui envoys and 19 deputies to the Chinese government to come and seek advanced culture and technology. At this time, the Sino-Japanese cultural and economic exchanges are very intensive and unprecedented in scale. With the return of Japanese officials and monks who came to China, Dongdu, a famous Buddhist master of China, Buddhism of China and