唐代禅宗传法世系嵩山碑刻稽考

On Tablets of Zen Lineage of Chinese Buddhism of Tang Dynasty in Mt. Song Area

禅宗在唐代始发展成为中国佛教的一个重要流派。五祖弘忍传法神秀、慧能等诸多弟子,传播南北,由隐至显,形成多元的传法世系及南北宗之争。本文对嵩山地区现存及文献著录的唐代佛教碑刻资料做了较全面考察,钩沉出禅宗高僧法如、道安、普寂、净藏等在少林寺、会善寺、嵩岳寺等处传法的一批重要史料,弥补了《五灯会元》等史籍关于禅宗早期历史的疏漏及不足。

Zen was developed into an important genre of Chinese Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty. The fifth Zen Patriarch Hongren imparted Buddha dharma to his followers Shenxiu, Huineng and so on. The followers spread Buddha dharma from north to south, from the implicit to the explicit, forming the pluralistic dharma lineage and arousing the controversy about the leading position of the Southern and Northern Chinese Buddhism. Based on the existing documents and the Buddhist inscriptions of the Tang Dynasty in Mr. Song area, the paper discussed the many famous Zen monks, such as Faru, Daoan, Puji, Jingzang and so on, when they imparted Buddha dharma in Shaolin Temple, Huishan Temple, Songyue Temple, and made up defects and shortcomings about the early history of the Zen in the ancient book of Wu Deng Hui Yuan and other ancient books.