Abstract: Compared with the previous generation, the people in Tang Dynasty was luckily born in the age of Chinese and foreign cultural blending. They experienced the historical process in which Indian Buddhist culture infiltrating into the culture of Han. At the same time, they did the present thinking on exotic concepts, and cultivated out a unique vision at the exotic culture. Reflected in the text, that is, a number of descriptions on the charm of Indian Buddhist culture and the image of Indian monk in China were remained in Tang literary works, such as the Poetry of the Tang Dynasty and the story of the Tang Dynasty. Those are the precious historical material for the study of Sino-foreign cultural exchange.
葛桂录 易永谊. 文化遭遇与异族想象:唐代文学中的天竺僧形象[J]. , 2009, 1(2): 50-54.
. Culture Encounter and Alien Imagination: the Image of Indian Monks in Tang Literature. , 2009, 1(2): 50-54.