明末清溪道人著作的《東度記》，是一部宣揚達摩事蹟的長篇神魔小說。作者以人物角色、故事主線表達了明確的宗教立意，卻又在小說文體的娛樂效果之需求下，試圖結合兼顧兩者。但終因宗教與娛樂兩者本質上的必然背反，以及作者自身創作之功力未定的情況下，產生種種無法諧調的矛盾現象。本文試圖以此矛盾現象之探討，了解明代神魔小說在宣教證道時，作者普遍面臨到的困境，和作品常見的問題。

"Ton Tu Ji", writton by Qing Xi Daoism Priest of Ming Dynasty, is a long magic novel about DaMo. The author successfully reveals Daoism religious marolity through characters and main plots, expresses entertaining needs in dialogues. How ever, he fails in combining both: religious morality and entertainment needs. The failure is partly because of the contradictory nature of both; and partly because of the author's immature creativity. This essay will discuss a dilemma a Ming magic novelist because when he tries to mix both contradictory essences together.