嘉義溪口寶太殿所藏的民間經書及其書目整理

Folk Scriptures Treasured in Bao Tai Temple in Sikou, Chia-yi And Related Bibliographic Compilation

位於嘉義縣溪口鄉林腳村田心仔的「寶太殿」創立者張輦（1877-1931），口述經懺三、四百種，由當年信徒許求等人加以筆錄，迄今近乎百年。這批百年台灣民間宗教經懺抄本，過去歷經人禍天災，土埋水淹，幸獲保存。本文擬在編纂嘉義寶太殿所藏經書總目（初編）之餘，先介紹其問世、保存與發現的過程，至於這一大批民間經書背後的人生智慧及其多重價值，則仍待方家深入研究。

The founder of “Bao Tai Temple” located in Tian Xin Zai, Lin Jiao Village, Sikou Township, Chia-yi County, Zhang Nian (1877~1931), narrated three to four hundred sorts of repentance scriptures. The scriptures were taken down by his followers such as Xu Qiu and handed down almost a hundred year. These hundred-year repentance transcripts of Taiwan folk religion encountered natural and man-made calamities, were buried underground and drowned. Fortunately, they are preserved. This research purports to introduce first the course of transcripts being presented to the public, conserved and discovered when the compilation of comprehensive table of contents of scriptures preserved in Chia-yi based Bao Tai Temple is undertaken. The wisdom of life and multiple values behind the folk scriptures remain to be thoroughly studied by sages.