「一與二合，數則為三」？ ── 蕭統〈二諦義〉之命意及其與 「三諦」思維的交涉研究=Does “One plus Two Equal Three”?: A Study on the Negotiation between the Implied Meaning of Xiao Tong’s “Philosophy of Two Levels of Truth” and Ideological Trend of Current “Triple Truth”
This study observed the development of philosophy of truth of Buddhism in the Middle Age from the perspective of Xiao Tong’s “Philosophy of Two Levels of Truth.” This study attempted to integrate the conversations in the forums and provide overall contextual interpretations to observe the ideas of two levels of truth relationship (e.g. “identification” or “eradicating attachment to dualistic”) and the interpretive effects of theory of “Triple Truth” in negotiation and dialectical. This study found that Xiao’s arguments investigated the existing problems of philosophy of realm from the perspective of epistemology. “One plus two” is the “Middle Way” that returns to the truth. Therefore, his criticism against the theory of Triple Truth was based on the “syncretic” perspective of philosophy of truth. All in all, his arguments were affected by Satyasiddhiśāstra masters to a certain extent, as well as implied the ideas of traditional Neo-Taoism. Although some of his discussions might be divergent or nconsistent, they are worthy of reference for the context of development of current Buddhist ideological trends.
