禅宗与中国的文化精神紧密相连,自唐代起逐步完成了中国化的过程。与其说禅宗是一种宗教,不如说它是一种生活态度,更是一种智慧的超然物外的人生哲学。本文从禅的起源说起;再说到对禅宗中国化做出巨大贡献的六祖慧能;再谈及唐代一个特殊的阶级——士大夫与禅的关系;再从文化的角度看待禅与道的相同与相异之处以及由此体现的中国的文化精神;接着,是浅谈禅对诗、画(包括壁画和雕像)这两种艺术表达形式的影响;最后,是结合实际总结出禅宗传达出的人生哲学和生活态度。 Zen and China’s cultural spirit are closely linked, since the Tang Dynasty gradually completed the process of sinicization. Zen Buddhism is not so much a religion as it is a life attitude, but also a kind of wisdom, the transcendental philosophy of life. This article starts with the origin of Zen; then speaks to the great ancestor of the ancestor of the ancestor of the ancestors of the ancestors Similarities and differences, and the Chinese cultural spirit embodied by it; then, it discusses the influence of Zen on two forms of artistic expression such as poetry and painting (including murals and statues); finally, it summarizes the characteristics of Zen communication Out of philosophy and life attitude.