早期宝卷并非白莲教经卷——以《五部六册》征引宝卷为中心的考察

Early Precious Scrolls are Not the White Lotus texts——A Research on the Precious Scrolls quoted in the Wubu Liuce

《宝卷新研》是李世瑜1956年针对郑振铎宝卷研究观点而撰写的论文,与他对宝卷研究的其他系列成果一样,引领了特定历史时期宝卷研究的方向。但是,李世瑜宝卷研究的系列观点,诸如罗祖《五部六册》是最早的宝卷,宝卷是白莲教及其分支编制的宗教经典,"无生"、"无为"、"无为居士"等概念是判断宝卷属性的标准,都因为罗祖《五部六册》所引宝卷《香山卷》、《目连卷》、《金刚宝卷》和《圆觉卷》的存世而不能成立。在民间宗教研究视角、文学研究视角无助于宝卷研究深入开展的情况下,将宝卷与变文、科仪等仪式文本一样放在斋供仪式的背景下研究,可能是一个值得尝试的新视角。

The article A New Research on the Precious Scrolls written by Li Shiyu was a respond to Zheng Zhenduo＇ s argument on the Buddhist nature of such texts. However, Li was wrong when he argued that the Precious Scrolls are religious texts of the White Lotus Teachings. A closer study of the extant earlier Precious Scrolls quoted in Wubu Liuce by Patriarch Luo would reveal their connections with the Buddhist rituals. By placing Precious Scrolls in the liturgical background of Buddhist offering, or Zhaigong, the author also tries to add into a new perspective to the studies of Chinese popular religious texts.