悬空寺金代碑记考

Textual Research on the Inscriptions of the Jin Dynasty in Mid-air Temple

悬空寺是山西省著名的旅游景点,公认修建于北魏后期(或公元491年),距今有一千五百年的历史。但依据悬空寺目前所存文物资料,尚不足以得出如此结论。寺内塑像保留了唐、辽、金及明清时期塑像风格;金代大定年间留存的两通石碑反映当时西京府一带佛教界盛行"释道儒三教合一"思想,这对我国宗教的发展产生了深远影响。

Mid-air temple is a famous place of interest in Shanxi Province. It was believed to be built in the late Northern Wei Dynasty(or 491 A.D.), and has a history of 1500 years. However, it is not convincing to draw such a conclusion based on the existing cultural relics in the Mid-air temple. The statues in the temple retained the style of statues in Tang, Liao, Jin, Ming and Qing dynasties, and the two stone tablets retained during the Dading period of Jin Dynasty reflected that the thought of"the integration of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism"prevailed in the Buddhist circles around Xijing Prefecture at that time, which had a profound influence on the development of religion in our country.