少林寺“十三棍僧救唐王”详考

Textual Research on "Thirteen Stick Buddhist Monks Support the Tang Dynasty" of Shaolin Monastery

“十三僧助唐”是历史真实,但其中既无“武术”,也无“武僧”与“棍法”。“十三棍僧救唐王”是一个夸大了的文学故事和民间传说。前者为后者的出现,提供了可供发挥的最好的蓝本和素材。但“十三僧助唐”毕竟是“武事”,因此也不能说它和后来的少林武术、少林武僧毫无关系。它为少林寺参予政治与军事开创了传统,并成为少林武术、武僧追述历史的必然方向。

＂Thirteen Buddhist monks support the Tang Dynasty＂ is a real event in the history with neither martial art nor stick Buddhist monks even stick art in it, and supplies the best prototype and source material to ＂Thirteen stick Buddhist monks help Tang emperor＂, an exaggerated literary story or folk - tale. ＂Thirteen stick Buddhist monks support the Tang Dynasty＂ is indeed a martial event which initiates the tradition of Shaolin Monastery＇involvement into political and military affairs, and has become the origination of Shaolin Wushu and Shaolin martial monks as tracing back in history.