星雲大師弘法之初,他就寫作了《釋迦牟尼佛傳》(1954)、《玉琳國師》(1954)和《十大弟子傳》(1959)等傳記來弘法利生,三本史傳中,《玉琳國師》對華人社會影響更大,這主要是找了楊慶煌、況明潔、鐵孟秋、曹健、沈海蓉和蔡璨得等名演員拍成了電視劇《再世情緣》,也曾創作成廣播劇、電影、歌仔戲、話劇,一時膾炙人口、萬人空巷,最為著名,影響不小。本文以文學社會學角度來考察星雲大師《玉琳國師》,探討除了文學的角度研究《玉琳國師》外之可能,討論星雲大師透過《玉琳國師》針砭當時的佛教文化與社會提升之意見,如人間佛教思想,比丘尼的地位等,都有其時代性議題。 This article examines Master Xing-Yun’s "Yu Lin Guo Shi" from the perspective of literary sociology, discusses the possibility of studying "Yu Lin Guo Shi" in addition to the literary perspective, and discusses the views of Master Xing-Yun’s through the "Yu Lin Guo Shi" at the time of Buddhism culture and social promotion. Such as the Buddhist thoughts of the human world, the status of the bhiksuni, etc., have their own issues of the times.