《大灌顶经》形成及其作者考

A Study on the Formation and Author of the Greater Consecration Sutra

十二卷本《大灌顶经》是南北朝时期中国僧人撰写的经典,亦即所谓伪经。关于十二卷《大灌顶经》的形成有各种说法,但从经文本身提供的内证,参酌其他资料,可以考定《大灌顶经》后三卷产生于北魏太武帝灭法之前,前九卷产生于北魏太武帝灭法之后。宋孝武帝大明元年(公元457年)被集中编辑为十二卷,《大灌顶经》的作者为刘宋沙门慧简。

The twelve volumes of Greater Consecration Sutra were written by some Chinese monks in the Northern and Southern dynasties,and therefore the sutra was an apocrypha.There are different views about its formation.However,according to some evidence,it is convinced that the last three volumes formed before Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty,who destroyed Buddhism.And the first nine volumes formed after the emperor.In 457 AD all the scriptures were clustered together for edition and revision as twelve volumes.The author of this sutra should be Monk Hui Jian.