《大般涅槃经后分》的传人及对莫高窟涅槃经变情节的影响
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中图分类号：G256.1 文献标识码：A 文章编号：1000-4106（2025）04-0080-07
The Introduction to the Latter Section of the Mahaparinirvana Sutra and Its Influence on the Nirvana Sutra Ilustrations in the Mogao Caves
WEI Yingchun TANG Lutian （Institute ofDunhuangStudies，LanzhouUniversity，Lanzhou 73oo2O，Gansu）
Abstract：According to extant compilations of Buddhist scriptures，the Latter Sectionof the Mahaparinirvana Sutra was translatedintheNepalaKingdomduringtheLindeera（664-665CE）oftheTangdynasty，andwaslaterintroducedintotheCentralPlains intheearlyYifengera（76CE）.However，anewlydiscoveredDunhuang manuscriptoftheLaterSectionoftheMahaparinirvanaSutrabearsaninscriptionindicatingthatthedateofitstranscriptionactuallypredatesthtimespecifiedinthese compilations byover twodecades.Afteritsintroductioninto theCentral Plains，manyBuddist scholarsofthe Tangand Song dynastiesdoubted whether thetextwas acontinuationofthe MahaparinirvanaSutraornot，although evidence from the manuscriptsand murals ofDunhuang demonstratethat theLater Section manuscript waslater accepted asanauthenticcontinuationofthe sutra in Dunhuang. Researchon the manuscriptsuggests tat Dunuang's monastic monks appended the two volumes ofthe LaterSectiondirectlyontoaforty-volumecopyofthe Nirvana Sutraasits 41stand42ndvolumes，while studyof the muralsofDunhuangshowsthattheintroductionof tetextwassoinfluentialthattheartistsoftheMogaoCaveschangedtheirmastercopiesoftheNirvanasutramurals toreflectanewiconographicplotintheirilustrations.Thesetextualandiconographical changes canbe proven bycomparing the two Nirvana sutraillustrations respectivelydepicted in Mogao caves 332and148.
：ywords：Later Section of the Mahaparinirvana Sutra; Nirvana sutra illustration; Mogao cave 332; Mogao cave1
《大般涅槃经后分》（下文简称《后分》）于初唐时期传入，对于其是否确为《大般涅槃经》之续唐宋时期佛学界存有疑虑。（剩余8262字）
