一被称为日本文学史上第一部佛教说话集的《日本灵异记》是一部复杂的文学文本。日本文学研究专家九山显德关于该书就曾经有这样独到而精确的定位:“<日本灵异记>不能用‘佛教说话集’一言足以述尽其性格,但还是将其看怍‘佛教说话集’”。从这段评论可以看出,相比较而言,《日本灵异记》的“佛教说话集”性格更为显著。当然,这是从该书的宗教性质的角度来审视的。同时,这句评论也暗示此书还有其他性格。笔者认为,它成书的特殊性是这种多重性格形成 A Japanese genius, known as the first Buddhist discourse in the history of Japanese literature, is a complex literary text. Japanese literature research expert Jiushan Hinde once had such a unique and precise position on the book: “The” Japanese Spiritual Glance “can not be used in a” speech collection of Buddhism “to describe its character in a single word, but still look at it ’ Buddhism talk set ’ ”. It can be seen from this commentary that comparatively speaking, the “Ghost Story of Japan” has a more pronounced “Buddhist talk set” character. Of course, this is from the religious nature of the book to examine. At the same time, the commentary also implies that the book has other characters. The author believes that the particularity of its book is the formation of this multiple personality