同州大兴国寺沿革考

Exploration of the Evolutions of the Da Xingguo Monastery in Tongzhou Prefecture

本文基于陕西大荔县藏隋、北宋、民国的几方碑刻材料,结合《续高僧传》《大荔县志》等文献记载,对隋唐同州大兴国寺的沿革发展予以考述。隋唐大兴国寺的前身即历史上神尼智仙抚养隋文帝杨坚的般若尼寺,本是杨忠宅院的一部分。隋开皇四年改为大兴国寺并延续至唐,宋时称龙兴寺,并逐渐分为两个寺院,明嘉靖前寺院已荒废,民国二十四年在寺院旧址上修建尚勤小学,成为大荔县较早的一所新式学校。

Based on the texts of some stone tablets collected in Dali County,Shaanxi,and referring to the records in Xu gaoseng zhuan(Continuation of the Biographies of Eminent Buddhist Monks),Dali County Gazetteer and other historical writings,this paper explores the evolution and development of the Da Xingguo Monastery in Tongzhou Prefecture of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.The predecessor of the Da Xingguo Monastery of the Sui and Tang Dynasties was the Bore(Prajna)Nunnery,where Zhixian,a Buddhist nun,brought up Yang Jian,who was Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty in the future,and originally a part of the mansion of Yang Zhong,who was Yang Jian's father.In the fourth year of Kaihuang reign period(584)of the Sui Dynasty,this nunnery was changed and renamed as Da Xingguo Monastery(Grand Nation-prospering Monastery)and continued to use to the Tang Dynasty;in the Song Dynasty,it was named as Longxing Monastery,and separated into two monasteries;down to the Jiajing reign period(1522–1566)of the Ming Dynasty,the monastery had been deserted.In the 24th year of the Republic Era(1935),the Shangqin Elementary School was built on the ruins of this monastery,and it was one of the earliest modernstyle schools in Dali County.