A Study On Religious Words Collation Based On Five Versions Of Mo Scriptures Buluotuo In Hongshui River Valley

Mo Scriptures Buluotuo is a significant work about the collation of Zhuang Mo Scriptures, and it has high value of studying Mo Religion. There are five versions refer to Hongshui River Valley. They contain plain and mysterious content and lots of religious words which reflect Mo Religion’s ceremonies, poising rules, doctrines and so on. Therefore, these versions are the basic materials for studying Hongshui River Valley’s Mo Religion.Based on the five versions, we collate and study the religious words with the help of analyzing and the fieldwork, in order to explore cultural implication and reveal the hidden feature. This paper is constituted by five chapters.Chapter Ⅰis an introduction. Firstly, this part introduces the reasons for selecting the topic, then it turns to summarize the review and achievements of researchers about Mo Scripture Buluotuo. It also covers the aim and the meaning, and the methods of this dissertation.Chapter Ⅱ is about the religious words’definition combine with the theories in the academia. Then pointing out the features at the same time.Chapter Ⅲ is a study of religious words’collation. According to the theory "The Four Element of Religion" proposed by Lv Daji, we choose the religious words from the five versions in all and build database so that can preferably classify and illustrate them.Chapter IV mainly concentrates on the religious words’cultural implication. It divided into two parts. One part is to explore the thought development of the Mo Religion, the other is to explore the influence of the foreign culture.Chapter V is the conclusion, summing up the main key contents of dissertation.