敦煌写本《法花行仪》与唐代法华思想

Dunhuang Manuscript Fahua Xingyi and the Fahua Teachings from the Tang Dynasty

《法花行仪》是唐代《法华经》研究史上占有一定地位的著作。《法花行仪》讨论了"成为恶人的行为"与"成为善人的行为",尤其重视让人未来成为善人的"现在因"。可以说,它是以修行为核心理念的《法华经》解说书。慧沼在《法华玄赞义决》中将其视为重要著作。除了《法华玄赞义决》以外,看不到言及《法花行仪》的其他文献。这似乎说明《法华行仪》的流行是短暂的,并没有持续很长的时间。

Fahua Xingyi(Rituals of Fahua)is an important book in the history of Tang dynasty research on the Lotus Sutra.It discusses the'behaviors leading people to be good or evil'and attaches great importance to the'current cause'that makes a person good in the future.The text is in many ways a commentary on the Lotus Sutra,in which the core idea is ethical practice in the present,the importance of this book to Buddhist scholarship being confirmed by its inclusion by Hui Zhao in his Fahua Xuanzan Yijue(Commentaries on the Doctrines of the Lotus Sutra).No other historical documents make mention of the Fahua Xingyi,however,which seems to suggest that its popularity was fleeting.