When the society is busy in chasing after business marginal utility, the educator are faced with the dilemma of how to cultivate and guide the development of students’ personalities. The plenty of learning and life experiences of Hong-yi Master’s have been offering a unique sample and help which will inspire the teacher struggling in the world of utilitarianism. This dissertation is constructed through the methods of Hermeneutics. The main reference materials of research are included Letters of Hong-yi, Lectures of Hong-yi, The Interpretation of Hong-yi’s Poetries. And The Memorial for Hong-yi Master, The New Biography of Hong-yi, and many other concerning periodicals and discussions are as assistance reference for this research. The aim of this dissertation is by means of Hermeneutics to outline the life of Hong-yi to stimulate the enthusiasm of our lives in the future.
There are four Chapters excluded the Introduction and Conclusion. Chapter One introduces the life of Hong-yi Master and how his unique background of growing nourishes his personality and encourages himself to choose to become a monk. Chapter Two describes what he had understood the Vinaya-discipline and how he had resorted and interpreted the sutra of the Vinaya-discipline to show out the real meaning of Buddhism. Chapter Three explores the transformation of the art work created by Hong-yi when he was a monk and before a monk. And the discovery will describe how Hong-yi Master could transfer and lift up his spiritual life. Chapter Four illuminates how Hong-yi kept the commandments to practice the Buddhism and enhanced the Vinaya-discipline；and then successfully combined his rich art experiences and spiritual life to create a totally new life division. In the conclusion summarizes the research and discovery to try to find a smart way to be a reference for educators. The writer is limited the life experience could not be able to make a deep observation and understand the deep meaning of Hong-yi Master, so the dissertation is on the real events of Hong-yi Master to try offer something that could be taken into account for the educator.
