《红楼梦》中的佛教意蕴

The Buddhist Implication in A Dream of Red Maison

《红楼梦》的立意本旨是"梦幻",梦幻的本质是空,小说中存在浓重的"万境归空"的佛教意蕴,以"万境归空"为主线描写出了贾府和当时社会的盛衰变迁。小说中暗示,只有历经世事才能彻底解悟。小说续书部分让贾府再袭世职,是告诉世间由于对欲望的执着仍然存在,人世的"悲欢离合,兴衰际遇"将一次一次、不休止地循环上演,这是更深刻的悲剧。

The conception of A Dream of Red Maison is 'dream', and the nature of the 'dream' is'emptiness'. Therefore, there is a very deep Buddhist implication of 'emptiness of all' in the novel,and with this Buddhist implication as the main concern, the novel describes Jia's family and the ups and downs of the society at that time. The novel suggests only after the experience of affairs of human life can one have a thorough and complete understanding of life. The Sequels of the novel make the hereditary title of Jia's family continue, which shows that due to the persistence of desire, 'joys and sorrows, the rise and fall of fortune' will be in an endless cycle, and that's a more profound tragedy.