四川剑阁县“天师石敢当”碑研究

A Study on the “Tianshi Shigandang” Stele in Jiange County, Sichuan Province

四川剑阁县新发现的"天师石敢当"碑,时代为明代正德三年。联系相关文献,碑文中多处神符和词语带有明显的道教因素。该碑原立位置极有可能是在今老君庙建筑附近的某处当道路口或宅院附近,立碑的目的在于收摄鬼精,斩绝复连,断除痨瘵。此"天师石敢当"碑是迄今所知文字最多、内容最丰富、最具特点的"石敢当"材料,是道教考古的一项重要发现,极富学术价值。

The newly discovered “Tianshi Shigandang” stele in Jiange County of Sichuan Province dates to 1508,the third year of the reign of Zhengde in Ming Dynasty.According to some relevant documents,many magic figures (shenfu 神符) and words in the inscriptions are obviously of Taoist nature.The stele was probably erected at a crossroad somewhere close to where the Temple of Laojun (老君庙) is or near a residence,aiming to tame the ghosts,cut off the connection between the living and the dead (fu lian 复连),and eliminate tuberculosis (lao zhai痨瘵).This newly found stele boasts the longest inscription,rich in content,and most distinctive among all the archaeological and epigraphic “Shigandang” materials known so far.It is an important discovery of the archaeology of Daoism,and is of great academic value.