僧人总传中编撰者的主题预设及其成因

Theme Expectation and Cause of Editor among Complete Works of Monk Biography

僧传是中国古代传记中一个特殊的种类,由于传主身份的特殊,传记的撰写者往往在其身上寄托多种期望,在这类传记中,僧人总传表现得尤其明显。试图通过对僧人总传在编撰时撰写者对其主题预设的考察,得出此类传记从写作伊始,就具有的特征。文章通过对撰写者的身份、撰写的出发点、僧传中体现出的主题预设等三个方面的考察,认为僧人总传的编撰者在写作时,既有叙写僧史,为历代高僧作传的意图,同时还有宣传佛教教义等诸多方面的考虑。这些情形使得僧人总传的撰写体现出复杂而又矛盾的倾向。

Monk biography is a special kind in ancient Chinese.Because of the special announcing the identity of the biography , the author is often on a variety of expectations in the body, so monk biography always behaved particularly obvious. This article attempts through to the monk biograph always preach in compiling a preset authors about its theme, it is concluded that this kind of biography from at the beginning of writing has the characteristics. Based on the identity of the author, the starting point of writing, and sangha crosses reflects the theme of the three aspects such as default, think monk always preach hoogewerf, in writing, both narrates the his- tory of the monk, for all previous dynasties monk biography of intention, as well as promote the buddhist doctrine, and many other considerations. These circumstances make monk always travels writing reflects the complex and contradictory tendencies.