明杂剧《一文钱》的故事原型与演变

The Prototype and Evaluation of A Penny,a Zaju Play in the Ming Dynasty

徐复祚的杂剧《一文钱》共六出,讲述了财主卢至虽有万贯家财,于人于己却悭吝至极,天帝释为教化卢至,假幻其相貌,并将其家私尽意施舍,最终卢至在世尊点化下开悟证果的故事。一般认为,该剧是自东晋时期的《卢至长者因缘经》敷演而来。但据考证,《一文钱》的故事原型可追溯至更早的《旧杂譬喻经》中"昔有四姓名伊利沙"一则,但在情节上有诸多变化,其与《旧杂譬喻经》中佛经故事及《卢至长者因缘经》互有关联。

Xu Fuzuo wrote A Penny ,a zaj u play,which consists of six parts,telling a story of a proprietor named Lu Zhi who was wealthy but skinflint.In order to give him a lesson,？akra portended to turn into his appearance and gave all of Lu Zhi’s property to others,and at last,Lu Zhi comes to con-sciousness taught by？akra.It is generally believed that the play was adapted from a Buddhist Sutra calledLuZhiZhangZheYinYuanJinin the East Jin Dynasty.This paper holds thatAPenny ,a zaju play,can be traced back to an earlier Buddhist Sutra in The Old Miscellaneous Apadana ,and studies the prototype and evaluation of A Penny .The paper intends to investigate the relationship between the two Buddhist Sutras and one zaj u play and at the same time,analyzes the cause.