从“执”到“悟”——论《红楼梦》中贾宝玉人生历程所蕴涵的佛学思想

红学研究近百年来的概况表明,在对《红楼梦》主旨探讨方面取得突破性成就的两篇文章均借用了西方的哲学理论,而这些理论均可在中国的佛教文化中找到契合点,因此对《红楼梦》主旨的探究是可以回归于本土文化的。《红楼梦》所描绘的“贾宝玉”的生命历程正是佛教所认为的从“执”到“悟”也即从“觉心起念、相续不断、住持苦乐”再到“除灭无明、见本法身”生命历程的再现。从这一角度切入,可使红学研究中的几桩公案得到较为合理的解释。

From "Persistence" to "Consciousness": On the Buddhist Philosophy in the Whole Life of Jia Baoyu in A Dream of Red Mansions

The studies into A Dream of Red Mansions over the recent century indicate that two essays,which were an important breakthrough in terms of the motif discussion,adopted western philosophic theories.However, these philosophic theories can find equivalents in Chinese Buddhist culture,so the motif of this book can be probed in the context of Chinese local culture.The whole life of Jia Baoyu described in the book is just the process of life recurrence from "persistence" to "consciousness" held by Buddhism.From this perspective,some well-known controversies about this book can find proper explanations.