超越:“求不得”到“无所得”——谈《红楼梦》十二支曲中的佛教哲学及其作用

Surpassing the Boundary:from "Qiubude" to "Wusuode"——On the Buddhist Philosophy and Its Effect of the Twelve Songs in A Dream of Red Mansion

《红楼梦》十二支曲,氤氲着佛教的慈悲气象与悲悯精神。曲辞对十二钗命运的概括,揭示出人生的种种痛苦,表达了超越痛苦的精神企向。从某种意义上说,其超越的动力,正是佛教"体怨进道"的精神;其超越的经历,正是由"求不得"达到"无所得"的过程。在小说中,这一过程具有思想与结构的双重价值。

The twelve songs in A Dream of Red Mansion are filled with sympathetic and merciful spirit of Buddhism.They revealed the tragic fate of the twelve ladies and disclosed pains of life,and thus expressed the great desire of human beings to surpass sufferings.In some sense,the motive power is the Buddhist spirit of ＂tiyuanjindao＂.And the process of its surpassing is from ＂qiubude＂ to ＂wusuode＂.In the novel,the process has double values of thought and structure.