摇钱树佛像身份探微——与温玉成先生商榷

The Identity of the Money-tree-shaped Buddha Figure—Refutation to Mr. Wen Yu-cheng

摇钱树佛像的项光、施无畏印、结跏趺坐等特征,具有明显的印度佛像特点,并且杂糅了印度早期犍陀罗和秣菟罗艺术的风格。树与佛相结合,既表现了佛陀一生经历的重大事件,又反映了早期佛教艺术象征性和具象性的结合,它是佛陀形象出现之前的象征物,发展到独立造作佛形象之时,中间的过渡产物。摇钱树佛像的性质与西王母神灵相似,可称为"佛神模式"。河南孟津出土"老子浮屠镜"为唐代仿制,摇钱树佛像与太上老君或老子像没有相似之处。

A halo, the raised open palm of the right hand and cross-legged sitting of the Buddha figure of a money tree are obviously characteristic of Indian Buddhism, and they embody a combination of the early Indian Candhara and Mathura artistic styles. The combination of a tree with Buddha manifests both the important events in his life and the combination of the symbolism and imagism of the early Buddhist arts. It was a symbol of the Buddha before the figure of Buddha came into being, and it was the transitory article from the symbol to the independently cast Buddha figure. The nature of the Buddha figure of a money tree is similar to that of the spirit of Queen Mother of the West. They can be called Buddha-God Worshipping Pattern. Laozi＇ s Buddha Mirror unearthed in Mengjin, Henan Province of China was reproduced in Tang Dynasty. The Buddha figure of a money tree had nothing in common with Most Exalted Lord Lao （Laozi） or the figure of Laozi.