黑龙江省图书馆馆藏写本《大般若波罗蜜多经》源流探究

Research on the Origin and Development of the Manuscripts of Maha-Prajnaparamita Sutra in Heilongjiang Provincial Library

雕版印刷术出现以前,抄写是知识传播的主要方式。唐代作为我国古代封建社会的繁荣时期,抄写经卷也达到了鼎盛,成为佛家传播佛教的一种重要手段。《大般若波罗蜜多经》是玄奘生前历时3年所译的最后也是最重要的一部佛经,存唐写本、宋刻本等诸多版本。黑龙江省图书馆馆藏该经的第三百六十三卷写本,从书写年代、风格、流转过程考证可知,此经卷是清末著名版本学家杨守敬从东瀛购回,又递经清末书法家邵松年及其子收藏的不可多得的唐写本珍品。

Before the advent of engraving typography,manuscripts become the major way of conveying knowledge.The Tang Dynasty is the good times of Chinese feudal society.Manuscripts of sutra reached the peak and were the important way of disseminating Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty.Maha-Prajnaparamita Sutra is the last and the most important sutra written by XuanZang in three years before his death,and there are many editions now,such as manuscripts of the Tang Dynasty and block printed edition of the Song Dynasty.Heilongjiang Provincial Library collected the 363th volume of Maha-Prajnaparamita Sutra.The textual criticism of period,style and flow process show that the volume of the sutra was bought by the edition expert Yang shoujing from the old Japan and collected by Shao Songnian and his son in the late Qing Dynasty.It＇s a rare manuscript of the Tang Dynasty now.