论金批《水浒传》中的佛教态度

On Jin Shengtan’s Attitude to Buddhism in His Reviews on Water Margin

金圣叹是明末清初的一位文学评点大家,其评点的《水浒传》、《西厢记》影响甚大。而他本人学识广博,对儒释道均有涉猎。金圣叹佛学根底深厚,经常聚众讲经说法,对佛教颇有独到的研究。然而,在他批点的《水浒传》中,却有很多对佛教以及僧人的讽刺和批判。一方面,由于《水浒传》本身对佛教多有贬斥态度,金圣叹得以借题发挥。另一方面,也体现了金圣叹自己对伪佛学和伪僧人的不满。归根结底,金圣叹并不反对佛教,反对的是"伪佛教"。

Jin Shengtan is a famous literary critic. His reviews on literary works, Water Margin and West Chamber have a great influence. Jin Shengtan is knowledgeable and versed in Confucianism, and Taoism, especially Buddhism. But in his reviews on Water Margin, he satirizes and criticizes and Buddhists. On the one hand, it is due to the attitude of depreciation of the literary work, Water Buddhism; on the other hand, his reviews also show his dissatisfaction with false Buddhism Buddhists. All in all, he is not opposed to Buddhism but false Buddhism and false Buddhists.