Confucianism and Buddhism confront similar difficulties in this modern era, facing topics related to love and relationships caused by societal and environmental from within and without. Given such a context, Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s view on love and relationships provides significant insights on the ideals of love and ethics found in contemporary Confucianism. Regarding love and ethics in contemporary Confucianism, the challenge is to construct a possible implementation. This is evident through Confucianism’s view on politics, eliciting the basic ethical principles of love based on the psychological make-up of a lover and a man who runs for a government posting. Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s view on love and relationships proposes a path of scope, elevation, and purification. One must first purify desires attached to love to purify the relationship; A love that is true, virtuous, and beautiful is a love in the form of wisdom, compassion, and solemnity. Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s expositions on love, which value scope, elevation, and goodness, serve as theoretical resources for the principles of love and ethics found in contemporary Confucianism. Among them, the virtue of purity is most significant.
