宋刊本《天竺灵签》略探

A Tentative Analysis of the Divination, Images and Culture in the Song Dynasty Indian Divination Slips

南宋嘉定间本《天竺灵签》是现存最早的插图灵签善本。此书主要由模式固定的签头、五言四句可多解的签诗、物象寓意丰富的签图及侧重功名仕途的签解等四部分组成。《天竺灵签》不仅反映了灵签与诗歌、谶纬等的关系,还暗示了文士阶层对世俗文化的控制和引导,更展示了儒家为主、佛教为辅的思想。

Indian Divination Slips, published sometime between 1208 and1224 in the Song Dynasty, is the earliest surviving book with divination slip illustrations. It is composed of four parts： slip head, slip poem, slip picture and slip interpretation. It not only refl ects the relationship between divination slips and poems, but also signifies the scholar class＇ s control and guidance of the secular culture as well as the thought of taking Confucianism as the principal and Buddhism as a supplement.