“如是我聞”

“Rushi wowen”: Fojiao xushi fanshi yu luoji “如是我聞”：佛教敘事範式與邏輯 [Thus Have I Heard: The Paradigm and Logic of Buddhist Narrative], edited by Ru Zhan 湛如 and Jinhua Chen 陳金華, 2023.

 

The narrative genre of Buddhism has a distinctive allure. Across the regions of India, China, Japan, Korea, ancient Mongolia, and the Tibetan plateau, the diverse linguistic, cultural, and social contexts gave rise to a broad range of Buddhist narrative tactics, literary traits, and artistic styles.

Buddhist narratives exhibit an internal logic that mirrors the reasoning and debate procedures of Buddhist logico-epistemology (Skt: hetuvidyā), thereby impacting literary styles. The Buddhist notion of ‘emptiness’ (sūnyatā) revolutionized ancient Chinese intellectuals’ concepts of impermanence (anitya) and illusion (māyā) and in turn influenced their aesthetic perspectives, particularly in the realm of visual representation. The idea of sudden awakening (Ch. dunwu/Jp. tongo  頓悟) and other concepts from the Chan 禪 (Jp. Zen; K: Sŏn; V: Thiền) school significantly advanced the notion of  a visionary world (Ch. jingjie 境界) in Chinese aesthetics, ultimately motivating ancient Chinese scholars to seek mystical encounters.

 

In order to thoroughly examine Buddhist narrative literature and the associated logic-related issues within the broader framework of multiple regional Buddhist traditions, two collaborating universities of the Glorisun Global Network for Buddhist Studies—Peking University in China and the University of British Columbia in Canada—jointly organized an international conference that shares its title with this book. The conference took place from November 25–27, 2022, and this book features a selection of research papers presented at that conference. We anticipate that these high calibre papers will contribute to the advancement of the conversation on this significant topic, both in terms of depth and scope.

序   華林佛學研究書系
湛如

 

代序   新資料與新視野 ：有關佛教敘述的跨學科、多媒介研究
陳金華

 

一、從佛傳到菩薩與高僧敘述

1.1    王邦維：佛傳中一個有關 “文字” 的故事：神話與歷史的糾纏

1.2   [英] 鄔瑞可 Ulrike Roesler（鄧育渠 譯）：構建覺悟之路——本生體裁的西藏改編

1.3    [日] 肖越：無量壽經諸本中法藏菩薩敘事段的比較研究

1.4    [日] 何燕生：柳田聖山禪學敘事中的臨濟、良寬和一休

 

二、恆定與不居：佛教敘述的模式與流變

2.1    吳蔚琳：中日律宗撰述對優波離傳律譜系的敘述與解讀

2.2    周利群：比丘尼如何遇上印度天文? ——從 “摩登女” 故事看佛教敘事範式與邏輯

 

三、動靜會合、多維激揚：佛教敘述中的文學與圖像

3.1    [德] 莫妮卡·茨因 Monika Zin（鄧育渠、王芳、謝藝 譯）：救世主彌勒？——龜茲神秘的 “大菩薩”

3.2    王友奎：北朝大乘成佛圖像、敘述與思想——以雲岡石窟第 7、8 窟為中心

3.3    [日] 山部能宜：敦煌的 “觀經變相” ——文獻與美術之間關係的再思考

3.4    湛如：西明寺藝術與文學傳統

 

四、神聖敘述的世俗內容：小說、應聖節與詩學

4.1    李巍：由虛向實 ：六朝小說改寫佛教譬喻故事的歷史向度

4.2    裴長春：一場舉辦於中興殿的仁王會——《長興四年 (933 年) 中興殿應聖節講經文》新研究

4.3    [美] 唐思凱 Christopher K. TONG：王國維之無我詩學——西方美學和佛家思想的跨文化研究

 

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