论福先寺在武周时期的地位与作用

On the Status and Role of Fuxian Temple in Wu-Zhou Period

福先寺的前身是武则天母亲杨氏生前的住宅,故可称为武氏的家庙。武则天对福先寺进行了大规模的建设,并聘请高僧,在这里翻译了很多佛经。福先寺实际上是武周时期的国寺。福先寺僧人翻译出了《大云经》与《宝雨经》,为武则天获取皇位提供了充分的理论准备。武则天还将三阶教的"无尽藏"金库从长安迁到洛阳福先寺,这是她试图掌控佛教势力的一次尝试。

The antecedent of Fuxian Temple was a dwelling house of Madam YANG,mother of Empress WU Zetian′s,so it can be called WU Zetian′family temple.Empress WU Zetian demanded a large scale construction for it,and invited expertise monks to have had many exotic Buddhist sutras translated,so Fuxian Temple was actually a national temple in Wu Zhou Period.The monks of Fuxian Temple translated the Dayun Sutra and Baoyu Sutra,which provided a powerful theoretical preparation for WU Zetian to capture imperial throne;WU Zetian also had the Wujin Library′s Gold Vault attached to Three Stages Buddhism transferred to Luoyang Fuxian Temple from Chang′an,which was WU Zetian′s attempt to control the Buddhist forces.