《平家物语》是日本鎌仓时代的战记小说,产生于十三世纪初。作者据说是信浓前司行长。小说通过以平清盛为首的平家的兴衰,反映了从古代的贵族政治,推向中世的武士政治的社会动乱。它既是现实主义的不朽的古典文学名著,又是一部历史传记。全十二卷,当时作为“平曲”,由琵琶师弹着琵琶说书,很受人民的喜爱,它对后世的文艺创作有深远的影响。本文所选的“祇王”是《平家物语》中的一个独立的章段,戏剧性很强,是个完整的插曲。它描写了从地方武士出身的平清盛继其父忠盛之后,逐步爬上了从一位太政大臣的高官。在他的淫威下舞妓衹王被抛弃后,躲进了深山削发为尼。一时受宠的阿佛意识到自己的命运也当了尼姑,与衹王母女共同面对青灯石佛苦修来生,她们的悲惨遭遇反映了日本古代贵族武士社会一部分妇女的共同命运。 “Pingtang Monogatari” is a war memorial novel in Japan’s Kamakura period, which originated in the early thirteenth century. The author is said to be Shinano’s former president. Through the rise and fall of Ping family, led by Ping Qing Sheng, the novel reflects the social turmoil from ancient aristocracy to samurai politics in the Middle Ages. It is both an immortal masterpiece of classical literature and a historical biography. The twelfth volume, at that time as a “flat song” by the Pipa teacher played a lute book, very popular with the people, it has a profound impact on future literary and artistic creation. The “only king” selected in this article is an independent chapter in The Story of Ping Ta of Monk. It is a dramatic episode and is a complete episode. It portrays Ping Ching-sheng, a native of local warriors, following his father’s loyalty, gradually climbing up a senior official from a Tai Cheng minister. In his majestic maiko only Wang was abandoned, hide in the mountains hair cut for Nepal. The favored Avto realized his own destiny was also a nun, and the only mother and daughter faced with the Green Light Stone Buddha penance afterlife, their tragic experience reflects the common destiny of the women of ancient Japanese aristocracy as part of society.