东晋南朝的《小品》般若信仰——以《世说新语》与《冥祥记》为中心

Faith in The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines During Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties: An Analysis Centering on A New Account of the Tales of the World and Legend of Buddhist Efficacy

《小品》经在魏晋南北朝时期广为流传,备受关注,译本较多,对社会影响颇大。从《世说新语》可见《小品》经为佛教义学之大宗,以其名理而为时人所重,在僧人及名士之间为争谈玄理而举办的论议会上得以传播。另一方面,为普及佛教,释氏辅教用书《冥祥记》等中所记《小品》经却盛赞诸种现世功德,以讲身边故事的方式向普通民众传播。《小品》经这种在知识精英和庶民群中不同的传教方式,展现了佛教文化面对不同受众而实施"应时而语"的宣传策略。

The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines enjoyed great popularity and attention in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. It had been translated into different versions and had great impacts upon the society. In A New Account of the Tales of the World, we see that The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines was regarded as a great classic of buddhist tenets, respected by people then because of its exegesis of buddhist teachings. It was spread through monks and scholars＇ discussions of buddhist teachings on various conferences. On the other hand, Legend of Buddhist Efficacy, a book to teach and assist the spread of buddhist tenets, records The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines＇s exaltation and spread of various worldly virtues through the telling of stories that occur in ordinary people＇ s everyday life. The different ways for The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines to spread buddhist teachings among social elites and common people manifest the different strategies adopted by buddhist culture to popu- larize its teachings among different groups of people.