霧峰林家的女性學佛人－以台中靈山寺德真法師為例

The Female Buddhists of the Wufeng Lin Family-An Example of Master Detsen of Wufeng Lingshan Temple, Taichung

蘇全正(Chuan-Cheng Su)

《玄奘佛學研究》 21期 (2014/03) Pp. 61-96

摘要

霧峰林家在臺的發跡歷程，由地方豪強經歷清初林爽文抗清事件的頓挫及其後遷徙至霧峰重整崛起、沒落，家勢幾度起落，由傳統地主階層因軍功而晉身官宦之家，清末則藉科舉功名的取得轉型為文教型家族，日治時期則藉由推動台灣民族運動和新文化運動而成全臺舉足輕重的領袖家族之一。面對家勢起伏、政權遞嬗所經歷的人世滄桑，增強部分族人對宗教信仰的依賴，即便舉人出身的頂厝林文欽，對於前途未卜亦為之迷惘，而求之乩卜，以定行止。有感人世無常，吉凶禍福難料，因此與宗教結下不解之緣，乃有家廟青桐林觀音廟（靈山寺）之設置，日後經其子林獻堂及林家女性學佛者如陳薄燕（德新優婆夷）、許悅（德真法師）、林吳帖等的參與和經營，成為今日台中地區重要的淨業專修的女眾道場，展現霧峰林家在政治、經濟、文化事務以外，別具特色的宗教事業和發展。

關鍵字

霧峰林家 ； 靈山寺 ； 德真法師 ； 林獻堂 ； 李炳南

並列摘要

The Wufeng Lin Family underwent rises and falls. They rose in Taiwan when they migrated to Wufeng, Taichung after Lin Shuangwen Incident. They used to be big landlords graduating to governmental officials with military glory. In the later Qing Dynasty, the fame earned in the imperial examination system was what transformed the family into a family of scholars. By involving in national movements and new cultural movement during the Japanese rule period, Wufeng Lin Family had become one of the most influential clans in Taiwan. Facing the family growth and decline over the past centuries and political changes in succession, some of the family members grew more religious than ever. Even though as a provincial graduate and the heir of Lin's Upper Mansion, Wenqin Lin remained perplexed about his future. His anxiety urged him to ask the gods for an oracle. Realizing that life was changeable and fate unknown, the male leaders of Lin Family have had an affinity with religion, and set up a home temple-a guanyin temple (a temple of avalokitesvara), named Lingshan Temple. The temple was later left subject to Hsien-Tang Lin, the son of Wenquin Lin, followed by the wives of the family, including Bo-Yan Chen (Desen Upasika ) and Yue Hsu (Master Densten), and Tie Wu Lin, etc. As a result, it has now turned into a major women bodhimanda for pure karma and study in Taichung Area. Apart from politics, economic affairs and cultural business, the Lin Family has played a significant role in yet another distinctive enterprise-religion.

並列關鍵字

Wufeng Lin Family ； Linsaun Temple ； Maser Desten ； Hsien-Tang Lin ； Bing-Nan Li

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鷹取田一郎，《台灣列紳傳》，台北市：台灣總督府，1916 年