明清小说中的喷火兽母题佛经来源及其异国情调

在清代历史演义小说中，喷火兽母题大为兴盛，这当属西来佛教故事母题。丝绸之路上的诸多游牧民族国家影响了由印度至华夏中原的佛经传译，给佛经文学注入了一些不可小视的游牧民族因子，而其中以马崇拜为代表的怪兽崇拜即是如此。对火器的热衷，也使得清代小说中的异兽喷火描写成为一种虚拟想象的心理补偿。清代小说家由于实战经验和军事常识的不足，使其在营构文学世界时只好在佛经故事的宝库中搬取材料，从而构成了通俗小说中的喷火兽意象的书写。

Motif of Fiery Beasts in Buddhist Scriptures in Novels of Ming and Qing Dynasty and Its Exoticism

Motif of A Fiery Beast which belongs to the motif of Buddhism is popular in those historical novels of Qing Dynasty.Many nomadic countries on Silk Road give a lot of influence on the translation of Buddhist Scriptures from India to Central China.These influences have added nomadic elements into Buddhist literature.For instance,horse-worship,a representative of beast-worship,is an obvious example among these influences.The zeal to flame thrower makes writers in Qing Dynasty create many stories with beasts th...