Master Yin Shun was one of the most influential Buddhist thinkers in modern era. Though he left a huge number of important works, yet these works, especially those about Chinese Buddhism, attracted attention of many critics. In order to clarify Master Yin Shun’s views on Chinese Buddhism, with the literature analysis method and the ideological research method, this study explored the Chinese Buddhist concepts of Master Yin Shun with three categories: one is to explain the views of Master Yin Shun on the history of Chinese Buddhism; another is Master Yin Shun’s views on Chinese Buddhist thoughts; the third is the comments and expectations of Master Yin Shun on Chinese Buddhism. The results of this study are as follows: First, Master Yin Shun’s views on the history of Chinese Buddhism are divided into two parts: the one translated from Indian Buddhism sutras translated and the other is the one developed in China. Secondly, Master Yin Shun’s views on Chinese Buddhist thoughts, especially the major eight schools of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism, are analyzed. Finally, thought Master Yin Shun criticized the malady of Chinese Buddhism due to various adaptations, he confirmed the advantages of Chinese Buddhism and suggested practitioners to learn Buddhism step by step by keeping on understanding the thoughts of dependent origination and the emptiness as well as possessing the Bodhicitta firmly.
