The author of the Buddhist book " Jing Lu Yi Xiang " is the Liang Dynasty Shi Bao Chang. He was ordered by Emperor Liang Wu, searching for the myths, legends, fables, etc. of Buddhist scriptures. According to the Buddhist view of the universe, a total of fifty volumes.
The content of the " Jing Lu Yi Xiang " is derived from more than 270 kinds of Buddhist scriptures, including a total of 782 "out of phase" stories. In the beginning, these myths, fables and legends were written by the people. They were deeply loved by the people. The content reflected the political, economic, social, cultural and other values of the time. Therefore, it is also called the story encyclopedia. The point of penetration consists in folktales, which emphasizes narrative elements and types of the folktales.
This article is divided into seven chapters, Introduce the chapter summary in order. Chapter One expounds the introduction of the writing. Chapter Two discusses the editors, the book-making process, the entry situation and the existing version of " Jing Lu Yi Xiang ".Chapter Three and Chapter Four analyze the motif of the sutra story.Chapter Five studies the types of the folktales. Chapter Six the later value and influence of " Jing Lu Yi Xiang ".Chapter Seven is the complete conclusion.