玄觉《劝友人书》的成书时间及其禅观

《永嘉集》是玄觉参谒慧能之前的著述，更多地表现出同天台宗的渊源关系，而《证道歌》是玄觉参谒慧能，智解发生飞跃后的著述。但《永嘉集》第九章《劝友人书》却写于参谒慧能之后，是后人为凑足“十门”而编入《永嘉集》的。文章对《劝友人书》积极人世的禅观作了深入的剖析。

The Date and Viewpoint of An Advisory Letter to a Friend by Xuanjue

Before he went to visit Hui Neng, Xuan Jue had already finished his book The Collected Works of Yong Jia. The book shows clearly that his ideas originated from Tiantai School. His another book Song of Verifying Buddhist Doctrinewas written after the visit when he had a leap in his comprehension of Buddhism. But Chapter Nine of the former, An Advisory Letter to a Friend, was finished after the visit. It was compiled into the book by later generations in order to make up the number of ten chapters. In this paper the author gave a profound analysis of the positive attitude toward life inAn Advisory Letter to a Friend.