Since late Ming(明) and early Qing(清) dynasty, Chinese Buddhism had had a real impact on Taiwan’s society, and formed the necessary part among Taiwan culture during past three hundred years: Ming and Qing period, Japanese ruled period, Martial Law imposing and lifting period. After the abolition of Martial Law, the whole society changed rapidly in Taiwan. There are a variety of political movements held, like a rising wind and scudding clouds, due to the sharp political innovation and the rapid development of technology and network. During this change, individual or the community got impacted more or less. Buddhism, of course, couldn’t be excluded. Therefore, we are going to discuss how Chinese Buddhism got impacted after abolition of Martial Law in Taiwan. How would Buddhism innovate or transform for adapting this quick change of social and political environment? In this thesis, I am trying to find out the change of Buddhism after abolition of Martial Law in Taiwan, through different Buddhist organizations, like BAROC (Buddhist Association of the Republic of China中國佛教會), CBTA (Chinese Buddhist Temple Association中華佛寺協會), Buddhist temples and Zhāijiào (Chinese religions of fasting齋教) in Chiayi county (嘉義縣), by analyzing their transformation and development. Besides, after abolition of Martial Law, Taiwan quickly connected with global society, due to the open way of social and political innovation. That brought a series of ethical change, and the change of ecological environment. The issue of environmental protection is also valued. The development of medical science and the rapid evolvement of global network also drew our attention on a variety of ethical issues. Facing these multiple views of value, individual or the community who live in this modern society, if not being able to adjust our mind and behavior to adapt to these changes, we would lose ourselves from proper response. In this kind of social environment, how Chinese Buddhism would do to get with it? Here, I also propose my opinion to respond our social needs. I think this is an important issue for Modern Chinese Buddhism in Taiwan, and also the purpose of my research.
