Title: Six Paramitas Sutra and Chinese Folktale
Abstract:Six Paramitas Sutra was translated by Kang Senghui,a Buddhist monk of the Western region, during the period of the Three Kingdoms within the boundaries of Sun and Wu.The book includes about 90 stories, most of which aboutthe famous Buddha Bunsen.This Buddhist Scripture greatly influenced theoral folk literature of various Chinese nationalities in the process ofthe spreadingand tranformation of Buddbist culture in China.This article studies four story types, aiming at the analysis ofthe cultural evolutionof the Buddhist literature throughChinese translation. They are “Making a fortune by using a dead rat”, “Grateful animals and ungrateful people”, “Attemptto murder theadopted son” and “Changing the prince with a leopard cat”.
Key words: Six Paramitas Sutra Buddha Bunsen “Changing the prince with a leopard cat” “Grateful animals and ungrateful people”
Author: Liu Shouhua is professor at the CollegeofLiteratureof Central China Normal University(Wuhan 430079, China),specializing in folklore studies.Email:liushohua@126.com
注解【Notes】
① 林彦如:“《六度集经》故事研究”,中国文化大学中国文学研究所硕士学位论文,2004年6月。
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⑤ 刘守华:《比较故事学论考》(哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社,2003年)541。
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