博學多聞，慈悲喜捨，盡孝護戒：中國當代第一比丘尼「隆蓮法師」略傳

Subtle Erudition and Compassionate Devotion: Longlian 隆蓮 （1909-2006）, ＂The Most Outstanding Bhiksuni＂ in Modern China

黃曉星(Ester Bianchi) ； 劉韋廷

《輔仁宗教研究》 33期 (2016/11) Pp. 99-125

摘要

本篇文章主要根據作者最近20 年於四川所做的田野調查，是介紹「當代第一比丘尼」隆蓮法師（1909-2006）的生平與她替中國佛教界立下的貢獻。我們瀏覽隆蓮法師的傳記，可知她是一位當代多面化的高僧。她的重要成就在於她的博學、她對弟子和學生的慈悲和她為了恢復如法傳戒的動作。隆蓮在年輕的時候就已經展現其天資聰穎的一面，之後她成為著名佛教學者、優秀的書法家以及傑出的詩人。在出家之前她曾是首位通過四川省政府縣政考試的女性，成績名列第一。在此同時，她從與幾位重要佛教法師、佛教學者學習。在1950年代初期，隆蓮法師成為第一位在中國佛教協會扮演重要領導角色的女性，並且她也擔任四川省佛教協會會長、名譽會長，以及全國、四川省的政協委員。然而，對隆蓮法師而言，她最主要的成就是重新建立比丘尼的傳戒制度（二部僧戒），以及在佛學院的基礎上訓練新一代的比丘尼。

關鍵字

中國佛教 ； 當代中國比丘尼 ； 二部僧戒

並列摘要

Mainly based on information collected in Sichuan during the last two decades, the present study focuses on Ven. Longlian 隆蓮 (1909-2006), the so-called ＂first bhiksuni of the modern China＂. A cursory glance at her biography suggests many of the multifaceted qualities of this eminent Buddhist nun-master. Longlian was a child prodigy, and later became a renowned Buddhist scholar, a skillful calligrapher and a talented poet. Before taking her monastic vows, she was the first woman ever to pass the civil service examinations and to work for the Sichuan provincial government. At the same time, she studied with some of the most important Buddhist masters and scholars of the modern era. Since the early 1950s, she was the first woman to play an active role at the leadership level in the Buddhist Association of China; she was also President and Honorary President of the Buddhist Association of Sichuan, and a member of the National and Sichuanese Councils of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. However, from her own perspective, her main achievements are to be found in the re-establishment of the ＂correct＂ procedures for bhiksuni ordination (the so-called erbuseng jie 二部僧戒 or ＂dual ordination＂) and in the foundation of a seminary for the training of a new generation of learned nuns.

並列關鍵字

Chinese Buddhism ； Modern Chinese bhiksuni ； Dual Ordination

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