《如意宝卷》解析──清代天地门教经卷的重要发现

天地门教是清代民间宗教中的著名教派,自清初创立以来,一直在乡村社会流传,对下层民众的信仰生活产生过巨大而深远的影响。《如意宝卷》的发现,不仅证明了天地门教也曾以“宝卷”形式宣讲自己的教义思想,而且对于深化清代民间宗教史研究具有重要意义。

Analysis of the Ruyi Baojuan--The Important Discovery of the Tiandi Door Sect's Books of the Qing Dynasty

The Tiandi door sect, a famous religious sect in the folk religions of the Qing Dynasty, had been spreading in the countryside all along and had an enormous and far-reaching influence on the low strata’s belief since its establishment at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty. The discovery of Ruyi Baojuan has not only proved that the sect had once explained and publicized its own religious thought in the form of“Baojuan”,but also was significant to deepening the studies of the history of folk religion in the Qing Dynasty.