《真禅内印顿证虚凝法界金刚智经》初探——从乌贤大王图像及相关文本出发

A Preliminary Study on Vajra-wisdom Tantra of Deep Meditation Darani on Instantaneous Actualization of the Dharma-realm

《真禅内印顿证虚凝法界金刚智经》是明代宣德年间宫廷写绘的一部修法仪轨经,现收藏于台湾故宫博物院。作者不详,经文和附图的书绘者分别为明宫廷著名书法家沈度和画家商喜。内容兼涉儒释道三教,并非一部纯粹的密教经典。于此文中,笔者将以乌贤大王图像为线索,结合于云南发现的相关图像和文本对本经进行初步讨论,所述观点也并非定论。

Vajra-wisdom Tantra of Deep Meditation Darani on Instantaneous Actualization of the Dharma-realm is finished in Xuande Years of Ming Dynasty by an anonymous writer.It is now collected by the Palace Museum in Taiwan with the texts and illustrations of the tantra done by Ming famous calligrapher Shen Du and painter Shang Xi.The content is not a pure tantra because it is the integration of Confucianism,Taoism and Buddhism.This paper is a preliminary study of the text of the trantra employing the studies of the iconography of three-legged deity,Wuxian King,and relevant texts which are discovered in Yunnan Province;of course the conclusion of this research is open for discussion.