在近代眾多的寺廟糾紛案件中,靜安寺糾紛無疑是最具代表性的個案之一。1946年靜安寺住持德悟、監院密迦先后被不同人士檢舉為漢奸,其中既有戰后國家對漢奸的懲治,也有剃度派僧人師徒之間的糾葛,又涉及剃度與十方叢林之纏訴,更關涉佛教內部的保守與改革、客僧與主僧等爭端。在日益現代化的近代都市中,各類報刊輿論、復雜的商業利益以及相關社會組織,均或明或暗地發揮著重要的作用,充分展示了近代國家、宗教與社會錯綜復雜的面相。

Among the legal cases related to disputes about temples,the Jing ’an Temple dispute was one of the most characteristic. In 1946,Dewu,the abbot of Jing ’an Temple,and Mijia,Supervisor at the Temple,were respectively reported as collaborators during the war. In this case,the state law was involved to punish wartime collaboration,while disputes among monks, between monks and laymen were also involved. In a modern city, various public media,complicated commercial interests,and related social organizations all played important roles implicitly or explicitly in this case,which fully demonstrated the complex interaction among the modern state,religion,and society.