西游故事在明清秘密宗教中的解读

Analysis on the Western Travel Story in the Secret Religion of Ming and Qing Dynasties

明清民间宗教宝卷中保留了大量西游故事片段,反映了民间宗教家们接受和解读西游故事的特点。首先,他们把西游故事作为宗教宣传的工具,教育信徒;其次,他们利用西游记中的故事和人物进行宗教譬喻,阐发教理;复次,他们根据《西游记》中的有关描写,描绘宗教理想。

In Ming and Qing Dynasties, the history papers of folk religions retained a large number of fragments about the western travel story, which showed that the folk religion researchers accepted and studied the western travel story. First of all, the researchers educated the believers looking the story as the propagandist tool. Moreover, they preached the religion with the story and described the religious ideal according to The Western Travel Story.