昭明太子祭祀现象成因探析

An Analysis of Sacrifice of Prince Zhaoming

被誉为"中国总集之祖"的梁昭明太子萧统,一直是史学界和文学界关注的对象。历史上,一些地方曾有昭明太子遗迹或因昭明太子而得名的祭祀场所、宗教或世俗建筑,昭明太子甚至成为江西、安徽贵池傩戏祭祀的神灵。一个萧梁时期的东宫太子之所以历时千年仍被后世奉祀,这不仅与其自身的道德修养及《文选》在文学史上地位的不断提升有关,也是佛教世俗化、国家、民间等各种力量的推崇与神化的结果。佛教在世俗化的过程中为吸引信众,将昭明太子吸纳到自己的神学体系中大加推崇;国家将其作为教化民众的工具;而民间则因其"神力"将他奉为地方保护神。

Prince Zhaoming,Called the ancestor of Chinese general literature,has been a focus in both historical circle and literature circle.Historically,some sacred sites or religious and secular buildings are named after Zhaoming’s vestages.Even Prince Zhaoming is the divinity in Nuo Opera in Jiangxi and Anhui,which is greatly related with his moral integrity and his literature status,and is the result of secularization of Buddhism,national and folk promotion and deification.The process of secularization of Buddhism attracts people,and adopts Zhaoming into the theology;nation sees him as a tool to cultivate mass;folk regards him as a safeguarding divinity for his superhuman strength.