试论《大秦景教流行中国碑》的话语建构

On the Discourse Construction of The Popularization of Chinese Tablets in Daqin Nestorianism

作为考证古代基督教东渐历史及中国基督教发展历史的重要实物,《大秦景教流行中国碑》的文化历史价值早已被许多专家学者所关注。本文从文学价值的角度研究该碑文历史叙事的文学特质。《大秦景教流行中国碑》以个人传奇为基础,凭借中国传统文学的用典与对仗等修辞手法建构了一个独具特色的话语体系,有效地把景教教义、景教在唐朝的传播历史以及中西文化的融合很自然地糅合在一起,实现了大秦景教流行中国碑的汉语创建。

As the only materal object of textual research of ancient history and the historical development of Christi- anity in China, the cultural and historical value of The popularization of Chinese Tablets in Daqin Nestorianism has been noticed by many experts and scholars in early time. The paper aims to study the tablet＇s liturature traits of his- torical narrative from perspective of discourse construction. Based on personal legend and with the aid of specific discourse system constructed by use of rhetorical devices in traditional Chinese literature such as allusion and antith- esis, the popularization of Chinese Tablet effectively mixes the Nestorianism and its spreading history in Tang dan- asty with connection of Chinese and western cultures.