中国文学中地府判官形象演变与文化蕴涵

研究了地府判官形象的演变,认为它发轫于唐,盛于唐后,随时代递变呈现出文学的演绎特征。唐代文学家模仿人间官职将判官形象移入冥界官制之中,赋予判官佛教化与中土化的双重文化特征,为文学绘就了特殊的人物图谱。随着冥界观念的成熟与世俗信仰的普及,判官形象渗入多种文学体裁中,日益丰富多彩。后代文学中的判官走向神坛,寄托了士庶的人生期望与运势憧憬,体现出神谱化的文学特征。

Image Evolution and Cultural Implication of Judge in Underworld in Chinese Literature

The image of judge of underworld originated in the Tang Dynasty, and flourished after the Tang Dynasty, with the alternation of times it showed interpretation of the characteristics of literary. Writers of Tang Dynasty created the bureaucracy of the underworld by imitating the bureaucracy of the real world; they gave the judge the dual cultural identity, which is blend of Buddhism and Sinitic culture, and created a special character in literary. With the maturity of the concept of underworld and the popularity of secular religion, the image of judge appeared in a variety of literary genres. The judge was deified in the literature gradually, on which common people placed their hopes of life expectations and fortune; and it reflected the literary features of theogony.