汉译佛典《维摩诘所说经》的戏剧人物冲突

On the Conflict of Dramatic Characters in Vimalakirti Sutra in the Buddhist Canon of Sinitic Translation

戏剧剧本的一个主要艺术目标,就是运用各种方法塑造人物形象来揭示社会矛盾,反映社会生活。其核心和灵魂就是设计各种冲突,其中人物角色的矛盾冲突是戏剧艺术的重中之重。大乘佛经《维摩诘所说经》就是充分借鉴和运用古代印度戏剧的创作艺术手法,设计了各种矛盾冲突,尤其是人物角色之间以及人物内心的冲突,展示了维摩诘居士与诸佛上首弟子声闻、菩萨、天人等思想境界的不同,以及他自己内心二元世界对立后的统一。可以说,戏剧艺术手法的充分运用,使得《维摩诘经》不同于其他经典,更具有艺术魅力。

One of the main artistic objectives of a scenario is to shape a lot of characters to reveal social contradictions and reflect social life in various ways. Its core and goal are to design and construct all kinds of conflicts and the conflicts between character roles are the priority among priorities. The Mahayana sutra Vimalakirti Sutra took good advantage of the ancient India artistic writing techniques of dramas to design all kinds of conflicts, especially conflicts between characters and even conflicts within a special character, demonstrating the different ideological levels between the lay Buddhist Vimalakirti Sutra, Bodhisattva and Apsara and the unity of opposites within his own dualist world. It can be said that the awesome use of the artistic writing techniques of dramas in Vimalakirti Sutra makes it quite different from other Buddhist sūtras with more artistic charm.