摘要
探讨天地会起源,必然涉及"西鲁故事",因为它隐藏着天地会起源的秘密。故事编者通过少林寺僧帮助清廷打败西鲁反遭残害的悲情故事,激发会众的反清情绪,争取社会舆论的同情。因此,正确解读"西鲁故事",便成为解开天地会起源之谜的关键。故事编者鉴于天地会创始者万提喜缺乏个人魅力和社会影响,因而假借有较高知名度和社会影响的道宗(达宗)之名作为天地会的创始者。但道宗是"万姓集团"降清的主谋,他的降清劣迹难以被倡导"反清复明"的天地会所接受,故事编者便利用清初以来福建流传的"西虏犯边"一事,虚构出少林寺和尚征西鲁的故事作为天地会的缘起。官书、档案和天地会《会簿》记载表明,天地会的创始人实际上是洪二和尚万提喜,故结会时多供奉"洪二和尚万提喜"的牌位,天地会《会簿》也把始祖写作"持喜"、"万提起"、"万提喜",并标明天地会"始祖居住福建云霄高溪"。这些均说明"西鲁故事"所隐藏的乃是万提喜创立天地会的秘密。
The legend of Xilu, or the Western Barbarians, is to be known as the secret of the origin of Heaven and Earth Society. The fabricator of this legend made up a tragedy of Shaolin Monks persecuted to death by the Qing Monarchy after helping the Qing Emperor to conquer the Xilu, generating among its members a strong anti-Qing sentiment and winning a support from the mass media. The careful interpretation of this legend, therefore, is the key to understand the secret of the origin of the Heaven and Earth Societ...
出处
《学术月刊》
CSSCI
北大核心
2007年第7期142-147,共6页
Academic Monthly
关键词
天地会
西鲁故事
新解
Heaven and Earth Society
Xilu Story
new interpretation