四六级

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　　Buddhism

　　Buddhism is the only important foreign religious influence that has become part and parcel2 ofChinese life. The influence is so deep that we now speak of children’s dolls, and sometimes thechildren themselves, as“ little Buddha ”, and the Empress Dowager3 herself was addressedas“Old Buddha”. The Goddess of Mercy and the laughing Buddha 4 have become Chinesehousehold words. Buddhism has affected our language , our food, our arts, our sculpture anddirectly inspired the characteristic pagoda5 . It has stimulated our literature and our wholeworld of imagination. The little monkish figure, with his bald head and his gray robes, forms anintimate part of any panorama of society, and Buddhist temples, rather than those ofConfucius, are the center of the town and village life, where the elders gather to decide on6village matters and annual celebrations. Its monks and nuns penetrate the privacies of Chinesehouseholds, on all occasions of births, deaths and weddings, as no other persons are allowedto do, and hardly a widow or virgin can be seduced , according to the Chinese novels, withoutthe help of these religious figures.

　　Buddhism has conquered China as a philosophy and as a religion, as a philosophy for thescholars and as a religion for the common people. Whereas Confucianism has only a philosophyof moral conduct, Buddhism possesses a logical method, a metaphysics7 , and a theory ofknowledge . Besides, it is fortunate in having a high tradition of scholarship in the translationsof Buddhist classics, and the language of these translations, so succinct and often sodistinguished by a beautiful lucidity of language and reasoning, cannot but attract scholarswith a philosophical bias. Hence Buddhism has always enjoyed a prestige among the Chinesescholars, which so far Christianity has failed to achieve.

　　阅读自测

　　Ⅰ. Fill in each blank with the proper form of the words given in the brackets :

　　1. The injury to their key player could be a________ ( decide ) factor in the basketball game .

　　2. The president is paying a ________ ( privacy) visit to Europe.

　　3. She had the good ________ ( fortunate) to be free from the disease.

　　4. Some ________ ( influence) politicians change the world chaotic situation.

　　5. The offer of a high salary and a free house is very________ ( seduce) . 6. He is a truly________ ( religion ) man who goes to church every day.

　　Ⅱ. Answer the following question in your own words :

　　Why can Buddhism win the favor of Chinese scholars?

　　3. chew v. 咀嚼, 如: chewing gum ( 口香糖) ; bite off more than one can chew ( 贪多嚼不烂, 不自量力) 。

　　4. Communion n. 圣餐仪式, 又称the Lord’s Supper; observe the Communion 作“举行圣餐仪 式”解。

　　5. be supposed to 被期望, 应该, 如: You are supposed to pay the bill by the end of this year. ( 你 最迟今年年底结清这笔账。) You are not supposed to play football in the classroom. ( 教室 里不准踢足球。

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