《全晋文》载《昙无竭菩萨赞》作者辨正

Identifying the Author of Historic Book "A Collection of Essays in the JIN Dynasty" with "Tanwujie Appraisal of Buddha" Included

清人严可均校辑《全晋文》,分别辑录东晋王齐之与释慧远同题之作《昙无竭菩萨赞》。两作在文字、立意上非常雷同,完全可认定同为一首,但严氏及当今学界并未予以辨明。通过对有关文献的认真鉴别,根据诗文中所反映的思想与叙述的方式,可以判定《昙无竭菩萨赞》作者应为释慧远。

YAN Ke-jun, a scholar in the QING Dynasty, revised and edited the book titled “a Collection of Essays in the JIN Dynasty”, in which he collected the book with the title “Tanwujie＇ s Appraisal of Bud- dha” written by WANG Qi-zhi and SHI Hui-yuan in the East JIN Dynasty. The two works were so similar both in wording and topics that they can be regarded as exactly a same one. Yet YAN and the contemporary academic circle didn＇ t present any distinguishment. Through a careful work of differentiation and by analyzing the ideas cherished and the narrative method applied, the author of this paper concludes that the writer of the “Tanwujie＇ s Appraisal of Buddha” was SHI Hui-yuan.