霞浦本《兴福祖庆诞科》全文有4000字左右,乃为庆贺兴福祖师(兴福雷使真君林瞪)诞辰而作,包括“起大圣”“开坛文”“净口文”“净坛文”“天地咒”“请护文法”“五方建坛路师咒语”“召符官文”“谢土地赞安慰”等节,有清朝本和20世纪80年代抄本2件,内容基本相同,只是新抄本多出10行文字。《兴福祖庆诞科》在霞浦文书中地位重要,仅次于《摩尼光佛》,大体形成于南宋或元朝,与《摩尼光佛》同为霞浦诸多摩尼教文献之祖本,内容介于佛事仪文与道事仪文之间,堪称两宋之交至元初的摩尼教活化石,在世界摩尼教史研究中具有重要意义。
The full text of Manichaeist Manuscript Xingfuzu Qingdan Ke from Pingnan,Fujian is about 4000 characters,which is written to celebrate the birthday of Lin Deng,founder of Xiapu Manichaeism. There are two versions namely the Qing Dynasty version and the 1980’s version. The contents are basically the same,but the new one has 10 more lines of text. Xingfuzu Qingdan Ke is an important document in Xiapu,second only to text Moniguangfo. It was written by Lin’s ancestor and Manichaeism leader,Lin Deng,to celebrate the birth of the dead. It was generally formed in the Southern Song Dynasty or the Yuan Dynasty. Like Moniguangfo,it is also the ancestor of many Manichaeism culture offerings in Xiapu,and its content is between the Buddhist culture and the Taoist culture. It can be called the beginning of the two Song dynasties The living fossils of Manichaeism are of great significance in the study of the history of Manichaeism in the world.