江苏泰州唐代佛教石经幢考释

Textual Research of the Tang Dynasty Buddhist Stone Pillar in Taizhou,Jiangsu Province

泰州稻河历史街区的泰州老照片展示厅展出的唐代佛教石经幢,是一件非常珍贵的历史文物。这件石经幢表面刻有多行文字,字迹非常清晰,笔法浑圆饱满,属于书法文物精品。文字内容主要记载唐代著名佛教经书翻译家伽梵达摩翻译的经典《大悲心陀罗尼经》。其中也出现了关于泰州"海陵"的记载,特别还出现了县令崔鲁的记载。这为泰州建城史及地名演变、职官史研究等提供了重要的实物资料,具有很高的艺术价值、历史价值和学术研究价值。经过仔细辨析、对比碑刻文字,可知泰州在唐代就已经称为"海陵"。这也符合《旧唐书》中关于泰州"海陵"的文献记载。这件石经幢的具体来源,为泰州唐代南山寺旧物的可能性非常大。

The Tang dynasty Buddhist stone pillar displayed in a gallery in Taizhou is an important cultural relic with considerable artistic, historical and academic values. Several lines of characters are incised on its surface with clear and powerful strokes, making an elegant calligraphic work of the pillar. The words are about the Buddhist scripture Great Compassion Dharani translated by the famous Buddhist scholar Bhagavaddharma in the Tang dynasty. Also included are records of Hailing （海陵, former name of Taizhou） and the county magistrate Cui Lu, which provide important materials for the study about the history of Taizhou city, the change of its name and local officials. It is indicated that Taizhou was called Hailing as early as in the Tang dynasty, which accords with the Old Book of Tang. And this pillar is very likely from Nanshang Temple of the Tang dynasty in Taizhou.