略论建立汉文佛教文献学的必要性

A Brief Discussion on the Necessity to Establish the Chinese Buddhism Philology

在汉文佛教文献日益受到重视的今天,有必要建立一门专门研究汉文佛教文献的学科,即汉文佛教文献学。汉文佛教文献学是以汉文佛教文献及佛教文献工作为研究对象,研究佛教文献产生、发展、整理、存藏、传播、利用的历史和规律,并为佛教文献工作提供理论指导的专科文献学。汉文佛教文献学与汉文佛教史料学、汉文佛教文献的整理和研究既有区别又有联系。欧美佛教文献学方法不适用于汉文佛教文献,而汉文佛教文献学与中国传统文献学又有诸多不同。另外,汉文佛教文献在整个中国文献学史中占有极为重要的地位,因而有必要建立汉文佛教文献学。

With the development of the research on Chinese Buddhism literature, it is necessary to establish the subject by which Chinese Buddhism literature is dealt with, namely Chinese Buddhism philology. The Chinese Buddhism philology, taking the Chinese Buddhism literature and the work of Buddhism literature as the object, studies the history and rules about Buddhism literature and provides the theories for the work of Chinese Buddhism literature. The Chinese Buddhism philology is different from the study on Chinese Buddhism historical data, the reorganization and the research on the Chinese Buddhism literature. On the other hand, it has many relations with the latter two. There are three reasons to establish the Chinese Buddhism philology： First, the western methods of Buddhism philology are not suitable for the Chinese Buddhism literature. Second, there are many differences between the Chinese Buddhism philology and the common philology. Finally, the Chinese Buddhism literature is important in the entire history of the Chinese philology.