“观音救难”的形象图示——莫高窟第359窟西壁龛内屏风画内容释读

Illustration to Guanyin's (Avalokitesvara) story of saving life from sufferings:An interpretation of the screen-paintings inside the niche of Cave 359 Mogao Grottoes

本文认为,莫高窟第359窟西壁龛内屏风画表现的并不是《药师经》中"九横死"的内容,而是依《观音经》内容所绘,主要表现"观音救诸难"的内容。在此基础上,本文还推论本窟屏风画与西披画面相组合,共同表达了对《法华经》的信仰。

This article has made a comparative study on the screen-paintings inside the niche of Cave 359 Mogao Grottoes and drew a conclusion that the screen-paintings are not the representations of the Nine-unexpected-death of Tathōgata Bhai ajyaguru Sūtra, but Avalokiteshrara’s saving life from sufferings, the illustrations to Avalokiteshrara story from Saddharmapundarika Sūtra. This article thus inferred that the screen-painting served as a combining form with the paintings on the western celling of Cave 359 together to presenting the belief of Saddharmapundarika-Stura..