现今学术界通常认为柿蒂纹(或谓四叶花)就是莲花,并由此推导柿蒂花的文化内涵,其中有一种看法,认为与佛教在中国传播有关。从论据和论证看,把柿蒂花判定为莲花的论据仅有沂南古墓、宋山汉墓图像等考古文物与《鲁灵光殿赋》《西京赋》等传世文献的相互比证。但是,汉赋描述的是生人居住的宫殿,顺应于宇宙秩序,藻井莲花有厌火功能,而墓葬则为身后安定的场所,需要人为地把墓室模拟为宇宙,藻井柿蒂花则与天界天象有关,两者是截然不同的,所以,文物与文献比证的论证逻辑难以成立。此外,也有把柿蒂花比定为“侯”(箭靶子)或“方花”的。对于柿蒂纹的内在寓义分析,未必需要“柿蒂纹就是荷花”之类的中间环节。柿蒂纹成熟于战国而大盛于两汉,比附于阴阳家的宇宙观念而更为流行,阴阳家至汉代开始与五行家发生混流,作为程式化表现的柿蒂纹自身却没有及时地与新的学术思想对应起来,图像表现与寓义发生分离,这些都仍然与莲花与否没有必然的联系,与佛教更加无关,更何况汉晋时期的译经对莲花并没有表现出特别的兴趣,同时,从考古文物看,与佛像伴生的莲花无一例采用柿蒂花图式加以表现的。关于柿蒂纹的研究,聚讼纷然,迄无定论,从中日两国学者提供的论据材料和论证逻辑进行考查,现在只能说柿蒂纹被认定为莲花是没有明确依据的。 Nowadays, academic circles usually think that the stigma (or four-leaf flower) is the lotus flower, and the cultural connotation of the kaki flower is derived from it. Among them, one view is that it is related to the spread of Buddhism in China. From the argument and argumentation, the argument for judging the lotus flower is only the evidence of lotus, such as the Yinan tombs, Songshan Han tombs and other archeological artifacts and the “Luxun Guangdian Fu” and “Xijing Fu” and other handed down documents. However, Han Fu describes the palace inhabited by strangers. In conformity with the cosmic order, the algae lotus flower has the function of dislike fire, while the burial place is the place behind stability. Artificial burial room needs to be simulated as the universe. Astronomical phenomena, the two are completely different, so the argument logic of cultural relics and literature comparison is difficult to set up. In addition, there are also set the ratio of kiwifruit as “Hou” (arrow target) or “square flower”. For the inner moleskin tartan sentiment analysis, does not necessarily need “persimmon pedicel is lotus ” and the like intermediate links. Sarcandra maturation in the Warring States period and Shengsheng in the Han dynasty, more than the concept of the universe attached to the yin and yang is more prevalent, yin and yang home to the Han Dynasty began mixing with the five elements, as the stylized performance of the persimmon pedicle did not timely and new The corresponding academic thought, the separation of image expression and sentiment, which still have no connection with the lotus or not, have nothing to do with Buddhism. Moreover, the Han and Jin dynasties’ scriptures did not show any special interest in Lotus. Meanwhile, , From the archaeological relics, no one associated with the Buddha statues with persimmon flower pattern to be expressed. As for the study on the stigmatizing lines, there are no conclusive arguments on the basis of the arguments and argumentation logic provided by the scholars of China and Japan.