佛教兴起于公元前六至五世纪的古代印度,公元前三世纪阿育王时期开始从恒河流域扩展到印度各地,并逐渐向国外传播。它通过印度西北传至安息、大夏、大月氏、康居,东逾葱岭传入西域,经龟兹、于阗等地,进入玉门关,阳关而至中国内地。佛教传入中国,最初是利用翻译佛教典籍进行传播的。由于当时所译的经典,大都是按照印度的思想习惯,中国人不容易接受。而且,汉地初期佛经的原本,多数经过西域各 Buddhism rose from the sixth to fifth centuries BC in ancient India. Asoka began to spread from the Ganges to all parts of India during the third century BC and gradually spread abroad. It passes through Northwest India to Rest in peace, Great Summer, Otsuka, Kangju, east of Onion spreads into the Western Regions, after the Kucha, Yuen and other places, into the Yumen Pass, Yang Guan to the Mainland. Buddhism was introduced into China and was originally disseminated using translated Buddhist books. Because at that time the classic translation, mostly in accordance with Indian habits of thought, the Chinese are not easy to accept. Moreover, the original, most of the Buddhist scriptures in the early Han Dynasty passed through the Western Regions