试论唐前观音灵验故事及其叙事特征

观音灵验故事属于“释氏辅教之书”的一种，是当时一种通俗的佛教宣传品，具备小说形式，该如何评价这些作品，如何充分估计其艺术价值，如何看待它在小说史上的地位，这是今天的人们需要考虑的。观音灵验故事目前尚有不少遗文，尤以《观世音应验记三种》收集最集中，论文即以此书为主要研究文本，结合当时的社会背景及小说文体本身来考察唐前的观世音灵验故事的产生及其叙事特色，以期更好地认识六朝时期小说的发展面貌。

The Analysis of the Supernatural Story about Kwan-yin Before the Period of Tang Dynasty and Narrative Characteristics

The Supernatural Story about Kwan-yin belongs to The Books of Buddhist Interpreting.It was a popular Buddhism propaganda material at that rime,whlch had the novel form,then how to appraise these works, how to estimate its artistic value fully, and how to regard its status in the novel history, these are what needed to be considered today. At present there still exist some snippet of The Supernatural Story about Kwan-yin, especially in The Three Kinds of Kwan-yin＇s Supernatural Story,This article takes this book as the main research text, and combine the social background and novel literary style to inspect the production and narrative characteristics of The Supernatural Story about Kwan-yin Before the Period of Tang Dynasty.By doing this, we＇ll finally intensify our cognition of the Six Dynasty＇s novel.