《源氏物語》與儒佛道──以第三部為主

A Study of the Tale of Genji and its Relationships with Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism (Part III)

《源氏物語》第三部主要在敘述最能繼承原是美質的子孫─薰及匂皇子兩位貴公子與宇治八親王的女兒們的悲戀故事。本部也和第二部一樣，故事的重點以描寫女性為主，特別是對兩位女主人翁大君（大女公子）及浮舟為何會步上悲劇一途有極詳盡的描述，作者再描寫兩位女主人翁苦惱的原因及經過時也大量的擷取儒佛道思想。本論文主要在探討《源氏物語》第三部擷取了哪些儒佛道思想；作者何以又如何擷取這些儒佛道思想，並因此達成了何種成就。

The third part of Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Gengi) talks about the tragic love stories of Kaoru and Prince Niou with the daughters of the Eighth Prince in Uji. Kaoru and Niou are the descendants of Genji and carry forward his fine qualities best. Similar to Part II, in this part, special emphasis is laid on female descriptions, especially on the reason why the two heroines Oigimi and Ukihune shall walk towards tragedy. At the same time of describing the suffering and misery of Oigimi and Ukihune, Lady Murasaki Shikibu, the writer of the book, picks a lot of things from Chinese Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist thinking. This paper tries to survey what kind of Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist thinking Lady Murasaki Shikibu picks in the third part of The Tale of Gengi, why and how she picks those thinking, and what kind of achievement she gets.