唐洛阳郭城宁仁坊出土佛教经像碑考察

Investigation into Tablet with Buddhist Scriptures and Statues Unearthed from Ningren Lane in Outer City of Luoyang of Tang Dynasty

20世纪末,唐洛阳郭城宁仁坊出土一座经像碑残件,内含丰富文化信息。本稿认为碑像应雕刻于洛阳当地北魏晚期后段至东西魏时期,经文可能刊刻于东西魏至隋代。刻经内容为华严经净行品,具有针对都城僧侣修行需求的明确指向。

At the end of the 20"century,a damaged tablet with scriptures and statues was unearthed at the ruins of Ningren Lane in the outer city of Luoyang,a capital city of Tang Dynasty.Although the tablet contains abundant cultural information.In this article,it is believed that the statues on the tablet should be carved exactly in Luoyang during the period from the final days of late Northern Wei to Eastern and Western Wei.The scriptures were probably inscribed during the time from Eastern and Western Wei to Sui Dynasty.The content of the scriptures is the chapter of teachings on cultivation of one's character in Avatamsaka Sutra,and was specifically inscribed to meet the demand of monks practicing Buddhism in the capital.