作者：華梵大學東方人文思想研究所博士生、大千佛教文化社會企業公司董事長。 Author: Ph. D student, Graduate Institute of Asian Humanities, Huafan University Chairman, Darchen Buddhist Culture Enterprise Co., Ltd.
關鍵詞
蕅益智旭=Ou-Yi Zhixu; 論語點睛=Intimationof Analects; 儒佛融通=Integration Between Confucianism and Buddhism
The purpose of this paper is to explore the Ksitigarbha Confucianism and Buddhism belief of Master Ou-YiZhixu (1599-1655) in the late Ming Dynasty and to use the integration between Confucianism and Buddhism to study and discuss the main axis of view of life.In the unique background of the late Ming Dynasty's political, academic and social development, the entire development of Buddhism was declining day by day. Chu Hsi's Criticism of Buddhism Thoughts was prevalent. There were also many other areas of mutual defamation in Confucian and Buddhist circles. In order to reconcile the two families and save the development of Buddhism, the Buddhist Revival Movement, towards the end of the Ming Dynasty, which has historically been centered around Master Tzu-Po, Master Han-Shan, Master Lian-Chi and Master Ou-Yi, these four Masters. In a wave of voices that harmonize the thinking of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, a distinctive academic background was been developed.As an eminent Buddhist monk, Master Ou-Yi has been aiming at propagating the Dharma to benefit the sentient beings as the core of his thought.His works are almost based on Dharma and even if Confucianism is involved, it also refers to Dharma. For those who use Confucian scriptures as exegesis, they want to read Buddhism to interpret Confucianism, with the goal of attracting scholars to Buddhism. After achieving real and practical achievements in Dharma, Master Ou-Yi reverted to Confucianism.The original intention of integration between Confucianism and Buddhism was to regard Confucianism as a starting point to Buddhism, based on “the nature of the mind” as its foundation.This nature of the mind is “the tiny thoughts that we have in front of us every day”, the origin of all kinds of Dharma, that is to say, the root of Confucian interpretation.Moreover, Confucianism and Dharma are founded on the pure mind, this pure mind that lets cognition appear instantly is the basis of phenomena in the universe.Therefore, no matter whether he was explaining Buddhism or Confucianism, Master Ou-Yi always laid emphasis on “returning one's own mind” and “discovering the true mind”. He further established a model for the generations to come by his hard practice and strenuous study. This paper is divided into five sections, the first of which is about the development of the thesis. The second section describes the academic and ideological environment towards the end of the Ming Dynasty. The social, political and academic profile of the Ming Dynasty highlights the important factors that influenced the development of the dynasty's “Analects”.Furthermore, taking the transformation of Master Ou-Yi's Confucian Buddhism as the connection, this paper probes into the development of his “Intimation of Analects” for integration between Confucianism and Buddhism, as well as his interest, his intention and his personal relationship with Buddhist Revival, towards the end of the Ming Dynasty.Next, it discusses the situation of Master Ou-Yi's “Intimation of Analects” and the original argumentation between Confucianism and Buddhism before analyzing the interpretation methods and exploring the correspondence between them. This is the third section of the paper.Th
