佛教類書《經律異相》即南朝僧人釋寶唱，受梁武帝的敕令，蒐羅經、律、論三藏中，闡釋佛教教義的神話、傳說、寓言等故事，按照佛教宇宙觀來分門別類，共五十卷。內容來源於二百七十多種佛經，收錄共七百八十二條記事。最初這些神話、寓言和傳說是流傳於民間的口頭創作，深受百姓的喜愛，內容反應著當時的政治、經濟、社會、文化等各方面價值，因此又稱為故事百科全書。在此，以民間故事角度切入，由情節單元與故事類型進行研究觀察，探其意義與價值。
本文共分為七章，依次摘述各章大要：第一章為緒論；第二章部分，探討《經律異相》的編輯者、成書過程、入藏情形與現存版本；第三章與第四章部分，以傳統的佛經分類法「十二分教」分類法中的「本生、因緣」為主題，作情節單元分析。第五章部分，則運用國際通行的「AT分類法」來歸納《經律異相》的故事類型，即運用民間文學中的「情節單元」與「故事類型」的觀念來進行故事的分類與析論；第六章部分，透過前文分類與析論《經律異相》的故事後，則進行綜合探討其中所具的政治、社會、經濟、教育、民俗生活、宗教信仰等各方面的價值與影響，凸顯此研究的目的與成果；第七章為完整的結論。
The author of the Buddhist book " Jing Lu Yi Xiang " is the Liang Dynasty Shi Bao Chang. He was ordered by Emperor Liang Wu, searching for the myths, legends, fables, etc. of Buddhist scriptures. According to the Buddhist view of the universe, a total of fifty volumes.
The content of the " Jing Lu Yi Xiang " is derived from more than 270 kinds of Buddhist scriptures, including a total of 782 "out of phase" stories. In the beginning, these myths, fables and legends were written by the people. They were deeply loved by the people. The content reflected the political, economic, social, cultural and other values of the time. Therefore, it is also called the story encyclopedia. The point of penetration consists in folktales, which emphasizes narrative elements and types of the folktales.
This article is divided into seven chapters, Introduce the chapter summary in order. Chapter One expounds the introduction of the writing. Chapter Two discusses the editors, the book-making process, the entry situation and the existing version of " Jing Lu Yi Xiang ".Chapter Three and Chapter Four analyze the motif of the sutra story.Chapter Five studies the types of the folktales. Chapter Six the later value and influence of " Jing Lu Yi Xiang ".Chapter Seven is the complete conclusion.
