論《撰集百緣經》的授記故事

The Research on Fruits Stories in the Buddhism of“Zhuang Ji Bai Yuan Jiang”（The Sutra of Collected Occasions ）.

授記，原指分析教說，或以問答方式解說教理；後來轉指弟子所證或死後之生處；最後專指未來世證果及佛陀對眾弟子未來成佛名號所作的預言。在漢譯佛典中有不少關於「授記作佛」的記載，而吳．支謙所譯《撰集百緣經》中授記故事的內容豐富多樣，包括授記成佛、授記成辟支佛、過去佛授釋尊記三種。這三種類型是否蘊涵不同時期的授記思想，以及這些授記故事所發揮的功能與作用，都是值得深入探討的課題。限於篇幅，本文僅針對《撰集百緣經》的授記故事作為研究對象，並分成四部分進行論述，首先釐清授記的意義；其次從釋尊現世授記和釋尊本生授記兩類，分別探討授記故事的敘事模式與內容；最後從宗教及文學的角度，討論本經授記故事的作用，期能彰顯《撰集百緣經》授記故事的特色及價值。至於故事中所蘊涵授記思想的課題，則留待日後繼續研究。

The Fruits Stories in the Buddhism has undergone changes into three meanings. The first one is its original meaning－analytics teachings or in the asking and answering way to explain teachings, the second meant the prophecies or the changes and the results that decent Buddha have made, and the last meant the fruits of Buddhism or the predictions when students become Buddha what names would give to them？ There are many records about“The Fruits of Buddhism”in Chinese translated editions' Buddhism. The Fruits story of“Zhuang Ji Bai Yuan Jiang”（The Sutra of Collected Occasions）translated by Wu Zhi Chien contains three types of contents－fruits of Buddha, fruits of Pratyeka-Buddha 〈one who seeks enlightenment for himself, defined in the Lotus sutra as a believer who is diligent and zealous in seeking wisdom 〉and fruits how Buddha has been respected in the past. Whether these three contains different philosophies in the different periods and what are their functions? They are worth to take into discussions. The text would like to discuss the topic about the fruits stories of“Zhuang Ji Bai Yuan Jiang”（The Sutra of Collected Occasions）and takes it into four parts. First is to clarify the definitions of“Fruits”, the second is to analyze the forms of fruits stories from the point of nowadays' fruits view to examine future and past fruits stories and the last is to discuss the contents of the fruits stories. I will emphasizes the values of“Zhuang Ji Bai Yuan Jiang”（The Sutra of Collected Occasions）form the points of religion and literature. I will do the research about philosophies of the fruits stories in my next topic of paper.