【摘要】 四川丹棱石佛湾、佛儿崖两处石窟均有五十三佛和二十五佛造像,为9世纪上半叶的作品,前者有开成二年(837)、三年(838)的造像纪年。画面中心雕一佛二菩萨的,据《佛说观药王药上二菩萨经》为药师、药王、药上,据《无量寿经》则为阿弥陀、观音、势至。四川地区的五十三佛和二十五佛造像是南北朝造像传统的延续,与三阶教的流传无关。更多还原

【Abstract】 Sculptures depicting the themes of the Fifty-Three Buddhas and Twenty-Five Buddhas are carved in both the Shifowan and Foerya Grottoes in Danleng, Sichuan Province that date back to the first half of the 9 thcentury. In addition, the statues at Shifowan have accompanying inscriptions from the second and third year of the Kaicheng era(837, 838). The sculpture of Fifty-Three Buddhas was made according to two sutras popular in Chinese Buddhism since before the Tang dynasty when these statues were constructed. The sculpture evinces the following structural characteristics: the Fifty-Three Buddhas are in the center of the carvings, among which Bhaisajya-guru, Bhaisajya-Raja( Medicine King) Bodhisattva, and Bhaisajya-Samudgata( Medicine Superior) Bodhisattva can be readily identified based on descriptions from Sutra on the Bhaisajya-Raja(Medicine King) Bodhisattva and Bhaisajya-Samudgata(Medicine Superior) Bodhisattva, while the figures of Amitabha, Avalokitesvara, and Mahasthamaprapta can be identified as having been constructed based on the Aparimitayur-sutra.The themes of these sculptures inherited the artistic tradition of the Southern and Northern Dynasties and were not influenced by the spread of the contemporary "Three-Stage Sect" of Buddhism.更多还原