牟宗三〈文殊問疾〉章義的現代生死學新詮=The New Interpretive Significances of Mou Tzong-San's 'Mañjuśrī Inquires after the Disease' Chapter on Contemporary Life-and-Death Studies
The authors examine the development of the Life and Death Studies in Taiwan promoted by Charles W. H. Fu (Fu Weixun) who combined traditional hsin/hsing theory and modern philosophy by interdisciplinary theoretical discussions and various methodological arguments among different scholars has already provided the important basic technique for this newly founded discipline. However because of the marginalization of humanities studies nowadays, we could hardly find the scholar like Fu Weixun who concern ”Life of Learning” and ”Studies of Life” at the same time. Modern philosophers advocate spiritual approach to replace the materialistic one. However the atmosphere of the contemporary academic research is still superficial and instrumental that could hardly generate original enlightened thought instead of so-called ”professional” researches. Fu Weixun advocated the hsin/hsing theory as a motor and dialectic method to transcend critically and creatively the cultural problem of life and death. According to Mou Tzong-San, knowledge, contemplation and sensual contacts are three basis of opening wisdom. The truth is base on the fulfillment of entire three bases and can also eradicate the problems of time, humans, life. Fu Weixun and Mou Tzong-San's idea is in a similar way at this very point. Fu Weixun had ever admired Mou Tzong-San's writing and method as the basis and future hope of Chinese Philosophy. We, therefore, re-evaluate the significances of Mou Tzong-San's theory for the Life and Death Studies in his ”The Narration of Fifty” through his efforts on integration of both Western and Eastern attitudes toward Life of Learning which is important enough and has been neglected for a long time. In the last chapter 'Mañjuśrī inquires after the disease,' Mou Tzong-San deals with the feeling of self existing, express the returns contemporary problems and awaking the limitations of life. We hope that, through re-evalute the Mou Tzong-San's idea on the Life and Death Studies could enrich this very discipline in the near future.
