中国佛教地理研究史藉述评

本文回顾佛教地理的研究历史，评析佛教地理的研究成果，认为宗都是一个多层面的结构，至少可以划分为宗教理论，宗教实体，宗教信仰三个层面，包括佛教在内的宗教地理研究应该分别进行探讨，然后才能得出全面的结论。

ON THE STUDY OF CHINESE BUDDHISTICAL GEOGRAPHY

Religion, which mainly means Buddhism in China,should be one of the dominant indications ofChinese cultural regionazation. The study on Chinese Buddhistical geography began in the late1920s. Up to date, the related study included two types:one was the studies in Buddhistcal history,and another was the specialized studies. The former was just a supplementary method in historystudies, so its achievements can only be found oddly in history books. It was the later type that dealtwith the problems of geography. The achievements were in two aspects: one was to discuss the import route at a level of international communication, and the other was to research the geographicaldistribution of eminent monks and temples.The author assumes that:1) It is essentially to pay attention to historical changes. And thisshould be a distinguishing feature of Chinese cultural geography.2) Buddhism is composed of several layers. For the study of Buddhistical Geography,it could be devided into three layers:faithfullayer for popular people: religious layer for Buddhists: and academic layer for eminent monks. Thestudy should be based on the knowing of the layered-structure of Buddhism and the analyzing of thefactors of each layers,and then we can come to an all-round conclusion. 3) The study methodsshould be innovated.