『니혼료이키日本霊異記』에 나타난 채무담 고찰

Abstract

In this paper, we have taken up various debt-related stories in the “Ryoiki”, and with the perspective of the history, society, and living conditions at the time, with the purpose of choosing such narrative with the purpose of scenic harvest. As you can see from the description that “Some people greedy on the objects of the temple and are born a calf” in the preamble of the first volume of the “Ryoiki”, Kyokai observed that the borrower who died without repaying “We have to return debt.” he said, as one of the bad news that must be compensated for in the afterlife. Kyokai examined why the story such as this was incorporated in the “Ryoiki” focusing on the tale about the debt of the temple and reached the following conclusion. When Kyokai compiled the “Ryoiki”, he had to make economic arrangements on my own with all the central temples such as Daianji and Todaiji and other rural temples like Yakuouji. In this trend of the era, Kyokai must have given a very positive evaluation on the way of lending business, in terms of securing and maintaining the financial resources of the temple. It seems that Kyokai wrote such a story in the “Ryoiki” because it recognized that the combination of temples, money and property, which seemingly does not suit, is indispensable for the management and maintenance of the temple. Furthermore, according to the 38th episode of “Ryoiki”, the bottom volume, it is clear that before Yakusizi became a monk, Kyokai was living a very hard life. In other words, Kyokai observed the problem of how important the property is important more than anyone, and because he knew that money was always required for the maintenance of the temple, the debt of the temple was “Ryoiki” It seems to have adopted the narrative that it must always be counterproductive.