《西游记》中阿傩的冤案

《西游记》九十八回有一个阿傩向唐僧师徒索要"人事"的情节,这被许多人认为是作者表现阿傩索贿并进而讽刺佛教的重要证据。但从《西游记》的抑道扬佛倾向、从该情节所体现出的佛教教理教义、从作品的艺术构思与主题表现等方面来看析,作品中这个索要"人事"的情节,并非是对佛教的讽刺,而是作品整个佛教思想体系中的一个非常重要的组成部分,有着深刻的佛教文化内涵。

Unjust Case of a Buddhist Monk in "Pilgrimage to the West"

In the 98th chapter of"Pilgrimage to the West",there is a plot that a monk asked Tang Priest and his apprentices for "Personnel".Many people think that this is important evidence that the author shows a Buddhist monk asking for a bribery and then Satirizes Buddhism.But from the inclination of restraining Taoism and developing Buddhism,the teachings of Buddhism and the work's conception and the subject,we can conclude that this plot isn't the sarcasm to Buddhism but a very important ingredient of Buddhism ideological system.It has incisive Buddhism culture connotation.