辽代佛教盛行,尤以辽代中后期的兴宗、道宗和天祚帝三朝为甚。盛行不衰的辽代佛教对社会各个方面都产生了深刻的影响,文学作品亦不例外。客观地讲,辽代的文学并无强势,更奢谈发达,作品少,质量平平,堪难与同一时期的北宋文学相媲美。但有辽一代的文学亦并非一无所有,契丹辽地的各民族各阶层的文人骚客们,也辛勤地创作了一定数量的诗歌类和故事类文学作品,它们如荒漠中的片片绿洲,建构了颇具地域和民族特色的契丹辽朝的文化百花园。检索辽代文献史料和石刻资料发现,受佛教之影 The prevalence of Buddhism in Liao Dynasty, especially in the late Liao Dynasty Zong Zong, Daozong and Tianxu Emperor three dynasties. The flourishing popularity of Liao Buddhism has had a profound impact on all aspects of society, and literary works are no exception. Objectively speaking, there is no strong literature in the Liao Dynasty, more talkative and developed, less works, and mediocre quality. It is hard to compare with the Northern Song literature in the same period. However, there is also a generation of literature of the Liao Dynasty, which is not nothing. The literati and poets of all walks of life in the Qidan and Liao areas also worked hard to create a certain amount of poetry and story literary works, such as the oasis in the desert, Khitan and Liao Dynasty cultural hundred gardens, which are quite regional and ethnic. Retrieve the Liao Dynasty literature and stone materials found that by the shadow of Buddhism