《赞三皈》与《三皈赞》——弘一大师《三宝歌》创作及刊布资料考释

An Empirical Study on the Composition of Master Hongyi's Sambo Song

《三宝歌》是由太虚大师作词、弘一大师选曲制作的一首弘扬佛教的歌曲。此歌发表后虽历经战乱与变革,却仍成为至今佛教界内外广泛传唱的弘法经典歌曲。由于史料的缺乏,此歌曲研究中尚存在许多疑点。经考证,此歌最早版本当为1930年2月发表于《世界佛教居士林林刊》的《赞三皈》,后有1933年2月发表于《佛学半月刊》的《三皈赞》,最终更名为《三宝歌》发表于《海潮音》(1938年10月)。从各种史料来看,此歌在1938年第三次刊发之前就有广泛影响。

Sambo Song, written by Master Taixu and composed by Master Hongyi, is a melodic song to carry forward Bud- dhism. It has become one of the most popular Buddhist classical songs all over the Buddhist circle, though as many as wars and reforms it has witnessed. However, the study on the Song has left with many improvements due to the lack of historical materi- als. The earliest version of the Song was ＂Ode to Conversion to Buddhism＂ published in the Journal of World＇s Secular Bud- dhists in February, 1930, and later ＂Conversion to Buddhism Ode＂ published in Buddhism Semimonthly in February, 1933, and finally the Song was renamed ＂Sambo Song＂, published in Hai Chao Yin in 1938. On the basis of historical records, the Song exerted wide influence before its third publication in 1938.