隐喻与象征:老子八十一化图的宗教内涵及其传播

Metaphor and Symbol:Religious Connotations and its Spread of LaoZi's Illustrations of the Eighty-one Conversions

老子八十一化图保持着与《老子化胡经》之间直接的联系,因此在佛道论辩中备受争议。这套图像在产生后的二十来年的时间里得到迅猛的发展,但随之在佛教界和元朝统治者上层的联合攻击下遭致禁毁而一度消失,一个多世纪后于15世纪上半叶复出,并在16世纪得到广泛的传播。这套图及其流传过程富含了隐喻的色彩。

LaoZi's illustrations of the eighty-one conversions has some kinds of connection with LaoZiHuaHU Jing,thus it suffered disputes under the argument between Buddhism and Taoism.In twenty years after its first appearance,the set of illustration developed rapidly,but it once disappeared under the attack of Buddhism and governor in Yuan dynasty.Over a century later,it came back in the first half of the 15th century and spreaded widely in the 16th century.The set of illustration and its process of spreading filled with metaphorical atmosphere.