略论《宣室志》中的佛教故事

On the Buddhist Stories in Xuan Shi Zhi

《宣室志》是唐代小说家张读的代表作,记写了大量关于神仙鬼怪妖狐的故事。不少故事与佛教相关,主要有宣扬佛教报应观、表现佛教神通和反映唐代佛教兴衰等。《宣室志》的这种佛教痕迹,主要原因:一是作者对自魏晋以来佛教影响中土小说创作传统的继承,二是深受唐懿宗尊佛的时代影响,三是受"小说世家"的家族的影响。

Xuan Shi Zhi is a masterpiece of the Tang Dynasty novelist Zhang Du.It records plenty of stories about deities,ghosts and monsters,many of them are related to Buddhism,propagating the Buddhist idea of karma retribution,the efficaciousness of Buddha,etc.It also reflects the rising and decline of the Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty.The trace of Buddhism in Xuan Shi Zhi can be explained by three reasons： 1.the author inherited the tradition of the novel creation in the middle land,which has long been influenced by Buddhism since the Wei and Jin Dynasties;2.He was deeply influenced by the ethos of honoring Buddhism in Emperor Yizong＇s time;3.The influence of the author＇s family which was well-known for novel creation.