宋理宗刊印《太上感应篇》的缘由及其影响

Emperor Lizong's Promotion of Publishing Taishang ganying pian: Causes and Effects

《太上感应篇》是道教第一部劝善书,它对中国古代社会的影响至为深远,而它的最初流行与统治者的支持密不可分。宋理宗是第一位推广《太上感应篇》的帝王,他曾赐禁钱百万刊印是书。除了出于维护政权稳定的政治诉求,宋理宗刊印《太上感应篇》的行为是由一系列具体事件所引发的,理宗"龙潜"之岁的受教、丙戌夜火以及皇太后去世,这三件事促成宋理宗刊印《太上感应篇》,而郑清之、胡莹微、陈洵益三人在其中皆起到了不同的推动作用。随着李注《太上感应篇》的锓梓工迄,众人纷纷出资再版是书,而《太上感应篇》也升至可与儒家经典相印照的新的高度。自此以后,《太上感应篇》直成为中国古代社会最为流行的道教经典之一。

Taishang ganying pian is the first ＂ morality book＂ of Taoism and it exerted great influence on Chinese ancient society.At first,the popularity of this book was closely related to the support of the government. For example,Emperor Lizong of Song Dynasty initiated the promotion of Taishang gaining pian and he allocated a large amount of money to print the book. This policy was for the purpose of the pursuit of political stability. Besides,it was triggered by three specific incidents related to Emperor Lizong： 1） getting instruction before his ascending to the throne,2） the night fire on the day of bingxu,3） the death of the empress dowager. Meanwhile,Zheng Qingzhi,Hu Yingwei and Chen Xunyi also played different roles in catalyzing the publication of this book. After the block-printed edition of Taishang ganying pian annotated by Li was completed and published,many people made investment to the republication of the book. For these reasons,this book was highly evaluated and taken as one of the classics. Henceforth,Taishang ganying pian had become one of the most popular classics of Taoism in ancient China.