奉先寺洞大佛与白司马坂大佛

The Great Buddha of Fengxiansi Cave and Baisimaban

本文章讨论了武则天时期洛阳周围地区计划营造的两尊大佛,即奉先寺洞和白司马坂大佛,关于营造情况提出了几个新解释。关于奉先寺洞,关注检校僧惠简供养变成亡鬼的秦庄襄王的故事,指出其营造目的之一就有武后对其母杨氏祈冥福之事。关于白司马坂大佛,虽然有把它视为卢舍那佛的见解,但当初计划造立的应该是弥勒佛。

This paper discussed about the great Buddha of Fengxiansi Cave and Baisimaban near Luoyang in the Wu Zetian period.Some respects about the situation of the constructions were newly pointed out.For the great Buddha of Fengxiansi,the author paid attention to an anecdote of a priest Huijian,a director of this grotto had held a memorial service for Zhuangxiangwang,the king of Qin Dynasty,and pointed out that one of the purposes of the construction was holding service to Wu Zetian’s mother Yang.For the great Buddha of Baisimaban,the aouthor explained that it was not Vairocana but Maitreya Buddha.