Shuweixianyou,Zi Wu Fei De—The text inheritance function of Chinese bet365 sportsbook review grotto carvings
June 23, 2022 09:41 Source: "bet365 sportsbook review Social Sciences Journal" June 23, 2022 Issue 2433 Author: Deng Xingliang

Chinese bet365 sportsbook review Grotto Carvings,refers to being carved in grottoes in different eras in China、bet365 sportsbook review scriptures on the outer wall。From Northern Qi to Sui and Tang Dynasties,In the Central Plains、Guanzhong、Bashu and other core areas of ancient China have successively formed a large-scale Chinese bet365 sportsbook review grotto carving scriptures,The physical remains are distributed in Xiangtang Mountain、Zhonghuang Mountain in Shexian County、Anyang Lingquan Temple、Xiao Nanhai、gantry、Weihui Xiangquan Temple、Chunhua Jinchuan Bay、Among the 29 sutra caves in eight caves including Anyue Reclining Buddha Temple,More than 60 bet365 sportsbook review classics are preserved,The total number of words is about 640,000。These cultural relics and monuments have important history、Art、Cultural and social values,Expanding the research horizons of Chinese grottoes、Enrich the categories of Chinese stone carvings、Distinguish the origins of Chinese bet365 sportsbook review classics、Exploring the Sinicization Process of Buddhism、In terms of scientific research such as clarifying the social conditions of medieval China,It is a rare first-hand information,Has indispensable documentation function。Among them,The most intuitive thing、The most basic for related research is,These numerous bet365 sportsbook review scriptures and documents that have been preserved to this day,It has an important text inheritance function for the dissemination of Chinese bet365 sportsbook review classics。

In the historical process of the dissemination of Chinese cultural classics,Due to the fragility of the carrier of recorded words,There are always natural or man-made destructions that lead to the disappearance of a large number of classic texts,It makes people sigh with regret。Therefore,When the ancients faced the difficult fate of the survival of classic texts,There are always things that are broken and broken,Jian Cefeijiu,Golden ultimatum is hard to find,Parchment paper is easy to destroy,There are still some shortcomings in finalization,Wei Bian’s sigh。This kind of sigh,Due to the influence of bet365 sportsbook review thoughts on the end of Dharma and the requirements of religious practice,most resonates strongly in the hearts of Buddhists in medieval Chinese society,And ultimately stimulates them to become firmer in texture、bet365 sportsbook review scriptures engraved on the walls of artificial or natural grottoes that are safer to preserve,To ensure the perpetuation of Buddhism in Han Dynasty,This objectively promoted the formation of Chinese bet365 sportsbook review grotto carvings。Judging from the remaining conditions of bet365 sportsbook review grotto carvings in China today,It is indeed effective to a certain extent in achieving the goal of "one-stop chastity",Eternally clear,Qi Shu Wei Xian You,The text inheritance function of "Zi Wu Fei De"。To be specific,You can appreciate its important role in text inheritance from the following three aspects。

  Inherited classic bet365 sportsbook review style

The thoughts, words and deeds of saints and sages serve as examples for future generations,An ideal tome text style is required to function effectively。This ideal classic text style,Zheng Qiao of the Song Dynasty gave a detailed explanation in the "Suo Xiang" chapter of "Twenty Briefs of General Records·Pictures",It says: "The river comes out of the picture,There are natural phenomena in heaven and earth。Luo Chushu,There are natural principles in heaven and earth。Heaven and earth produce these two things to represent the saints,This is the reason why the EMI Charter must be based on this and cannot be ignored。Picture,Jingye。Book,Wei Ye。One latitude and longitude,Mistakes and writing。Picture,Plants too。Book,Animals too。One movement and one plant,Changes are caused by each other。No pictures but no books,Hear its voice but not see its form;See the picture but not the book,See the person but don’t hear the person。The picture is about the same,Shu Zhiboye,See the picture and seek simplicity,It’s hard to find a book。The ancient scholars had important things to learn,Place picture on the left,Place book on the right,Look at the picture,Question for books,Old friends are also easy to learn,Learning is easy and easy to achieve success。"Contained" icon、reason”、 Appearance "picture、Book” combination mode,What people today call pictures and texts,In fact, it is the most ideal text style of ancient books。In the existing Chinese bet365 sportsbook review cave carvings,The engraved bet365 sportsbook review scriptures are handed down in two types,One is a sutra carving cave with only scriptures,One is the engraved scripture、Sutra statue cave with statues。This kind of collection of grotto carvings、The grotto statue is an integrated construction product,In fact, it is the ideal text style of bet365 sportsbook review classics formed by ancient Han Buddhists driven by Chinese traditional cultural psychology。For example,For example: Anyue Reclining Buddha Courtyard,The huge statue of Nirvana or the transformation of Nirvana in Niche No. 3,Cooperate with No. 46、No. 51、No. 59、No. 66、The Mahaparinirvana Sutra engraved on the walls of caves such as No. 83;In Nanxiangtang Grottoes,No. 1 of double cave structure、The statues of the Third Buddha and the Buddhas of the Ten Directions in Cave 2,In conjunction with the "Dafang Guangfo Huayan Sutra" engraved in Cave 1;In Beixiangtang Grottoes,Two Buddhas of Sakyamuni Buddha sitting opposite each other in the Sutra Carving Cave of Cave 3,In conjunction with the "Infinite Meaning Sutra" (one of the three Lotus Sutras) in Cave 3;In Lingquan Temple Grottoes,The statues of Lord Kapila and Lord Narayan outside the gate of the Great Caves,In conjunction with the sutra "Dafang et al. Collection of Sutras·Yue Zangfen" engraved in the cave;In Xiaonanhai Grottoes,Sakyamuni in the middle cave、Maitreya、The three main Buddhas of Amitabha and other statues,In conjunction with the inscriptions on the outer wall of the cave door, the Avatamsaka Sutra and the Mahaparinirvana Sutra。They all use the two external forms of "pictures" and "text" formed by grotto statues and grotto carvings to embody the "image" and "principle" of Buddhism,Then organic unity、Conveniently and effectively displayed the wisdom of Buddhism in the grotto,To meet the needs of bet365 sportsbook review religious practice,It is indeed the ideal text style of Chinese Buddhism。

  Save bet365 sportsbook review classics version

Zhongni has something to say,If you lose your etiquette and ask for help。In the process of formation and dissemination of Chinese bet365 sportsbook review classics,Maybe it’s because of errors in copying and copying,Perhaps the taste of the Dharma is dimmed because it is not allowed to be banned in the spread,As a result, the bet365 sportsbook review collections that have been passed down to this day are often confused.、The regret of eternal life and death。The Chinese bet365 sportsbook review cave carvings that remain to this day,The bet365 sportsbook review classics he preserved involve more than 60 bet365 sportsbook review scriptures,In terms of content, the merger of large and small multiplications,The total number of words is more than 640,000,The above shortcomings can be effectively solved to a certain extent。Roughly speaking,There are roughly three functions of Chinese bet365 sportsbook review cave carvings in the inheritance of bet365 sportsbook review text editions:

一,The engraving date of bet365 sportsbook review scriptures in Chinese bet365 sportsbook review caves dates back to the Northern Qi Dynasty,Down to the Sui and Tang Dynasties。The activities of building caves and carving scriptures at that time,The version style of some bet365 sportsbook review scriptures from the Northern Qi to the Sui and Tang Dynasties,Through time and space and presented to today’s audience。It contains details on two aspects,The engraved grotto scripture,On the one hand, while disseminating the bet365 sportsbook review scriptures translated by previous generations, they maintained their historical and timely appearance,Such as the Lotus Sutra, Mahaparinirvana Sutra, Avatamsaka Sutra, Diamond Sutra, etc. that are commonly engraved in various caves,It has the characteristics of the node version when it was engraved into grottoes and scriptures in the history of its spread;On the other hand,While disseminating contemporary new translations of bet365 sportsbook review scriptures, they maintain their authenticity to the greatest extent,For example, the "Buddha Dharma Sutra" engraved in the Lotus Cave of Longmen Grottoes,It was engraved in the first year of Ruyi (692),It was only 10 years since Buddha Boli Yongchun translated this sutra in the second year of Yongchun (683),The version of the sutra carved in the caves here can be regarded as the ancestor of the sutra。

Second,Among Chinese bet365 sportsbook review Grotto Carvings,There are some rare versions of bet365 sportsbook review scriptures preserved,They are almost all so-called apocryphal scriptures in the history of Chinese Buddhism,These Sutras and Sutras are important materials for studying the Sinicization of Buddhism。In these rare cave-engraved sutra versions,Although some bet365 sportsbook review scriptures have other different types of versions handed down,But their cave-engraved versions have unique characteristics due to their era and region,Enriching the diversity of versions of these bet365 sportsbook review scriptures。For example, "Buddha Nature Sea Treasures, Wisdom, Liberation and Broken Mind Sutra" inscribed in Cave 46 of Anyue Reclining Buddha Temple、The "Buddha Speaks of Repaying Parents' Gratitude" and "The Buddha Speaks of a Brief Introduction to Zen" engraved in Cave 59, etc.,Special variations of these bet365 sportsbook review scriptures;There are also some bet365 sportsbook review scriptures that are relatively rare,Books dedicated to certain special sects in the history of Chinese Buddhism,For example, the three-level bet365 sportsbook review scriptures engraved in the Jinchuanwan Grottoes "Elucidate the Methods of Arousing Bodhicitta in the Sutras for Deep and Deep Roots", "Elucidate the Same and Different Methods of Arousing Bodhicitta for People of Two Levels in the World in the Mahayana Sutra" and "Great Collection of Moon Treasures" "Brief Copying of Sutras" and "Seven Levels of Buddha's Name Sutra",Rare copies of these classics belonging to the Third Order;There are also some bet365 sportsbook review scriptures,It belongs to the lost scriptures that only have names but no texts in bet365 sportsbook review literature records,For example, "The Sutra of Sutra Prajna Paramita" engraved in Cave 46 of Anyue Reclining Buddha Temple,His name is recorded as follows in the "Sifenlushuzongyiji" written by Dingbin, a lawyer from the Tang Dynasty: "There is a volume of Sutra Prajnaparamita Sutra,List the eight impurities,Ran Xunbi Sutra,Seems like apocrypha,Cannot rely on it。”The content is only found in a small number of excerpts in the Dasho Tibetan version of "Zhujing Yaochao"。Obviously,The version engraved in the Anyue Reclining Buddha Temple Grotto is the only copy of this sutra at home and abroad。

 Third,Existing remains of bet365 sportsbook review scriptures carved in Chinese bet365 sportsbook review caves,Some engravings engrave the complete content of a bet365 sportsbook review sutra,Some are excerpts or compilations of the contents of a bet365 sportsbook review scripture。This practice of excerpting or compiling a bet365 sportsbook review scripture,Despite or due to economic limitations caused by the hardness of the stone,Or make offerings by observing chants、To prepare for the requirements of religious practice such as law destruction,But objectively, it has resulted in the emergence of new or different versions of some bet365 sportsbook review scriptures during the dissemination。The situation of excerpting bet365 sportsbook review scriptures to form different versions is more common in Chinese bet365 sportsbook review scriptures grotto carvings,No. 1, Ruanyue Reclining Buddha Temple、There are only twenty-seven pieces of the Lotus Sutra carved in Grotto No. 2,There is no "Jianbao Pagoda Chapter 11" found in today's Tripitaka。For the situation of forming a new version through compilation of bet365 sportsbook review scriptures,At present, there is only one example of "Huayan Sutra Stanza" carved in Xiaonanhai Zhongdong,It is a perfect and complete verse compiled from verses belonging to different sutras in the Huayan Sutra,Can be circulated independently,Obviously has the nature of a new version of bet365 sportsbook review scriptures。

  Rich and diverse bet365 sportsbook review character forms

There are approximately 640,000 Chinese bet365 sportsbook review grotto-engraved scriptures,And they belong to different eras from the Northern Qi Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties,Distributed in the Central Plains、Guanzhong、Bashu and other different regions in the core areas of ancient China,Therefore, it naturally has rich diversity of text forms in terms of engraving fonts and physical structure: on the one hand,Judging from the physical structure of the text,The Chinese bet365 sportsbook review cave inscriptions contain a variety of variant characters,Just take the Tang Dynasty variant characters in the grottoes of the Anyue Reclining Buddha Temple in Sichuan as an example,can be roughly divided into mixed use、Misuse、Augmented、Provincial shape、Change、Classification、Displacement、Calligraphy changes、10 types including overall modification and stroke variation;On the other hand,From the perspective of the engraved font of the text,Chinese bet365 sportsbook review cave inscriptions also reflect different types of writing fonts,Ji You Li Shu、regular script、running script、Four kinds including eight-point book。Among them,In the Northern Qi Dynasty, regular script and official script were mostly used for grotto carvings,Sometimes running script and Bafen script are used together with regular script,The mixed use of these fonts in Beixiangtang Grottoes、This is clearly reflected in the engraved scriptures of Zhonghuangshan Grottoes and other grottoes in Shexian County。Cave carving script fonts from the Tang Dynasty,As seen in Anyue Reclining Buddha Temple Grottoes and Chunhua Jinchuan Bay Grottoes,All in regular script。Based on the two situations,The rich forms of Chinese characters found in Chinese bet365 sportsbook review grotto carvings,The study of the evolution of the physical structure of Chinese characters and the development of writing fonts is a rare fossil material。

In short,The most direct and considerable value of Chinese bet365 sportsbook review scripture grotto carvings is reflected in its function of inheriting bet365 sportsbook review texts,It is precisely because of their preservation and inheritance,We can conduct in-depth related research in the fields of humanities and social sciences based on its content and characteristics,It can be said,This is the most basic information for carrying out relevant humanities and social science research。I believe that with the development of archaeological work and the deepening of related research,Those known and unknown Chinese bet365 sportsbook review cave carvings,Its inheritance function in bet365 sportsbook review classics and texts will surely gradually become clearer and clearer,And then contribute due documentary value to related scientific research。

(The author is the person in charge of the National Social Science Fund Project "Research on bet365 sportsbook review Grotto Carvings in China"、Associate professor of Changzhi University)

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