印順學派=Yin Shun School; 佛學研究派=Buddhism Research School; 慈濟志業派=Tzu Chi Volunteer Service School; 本土關懷派=Local Concern School; 傳統弘法派=Traditional Buddhism Propagation School
Yin Shun was once a leading authority of Buddhism having written a large number of works about Buddhist thought, which were then spread amongst the monks of temples and the secular readers. Succeeding the Buddhist revolutionary route of Wuchang Buddhist Academy, Yin Shun took the spirit of criticism to discover and develop the fundamental principles of Buddhism. He also took an open-minded attitude to open up for Buddhism a new direction and new layout that meet the needs of the modern times─ ─“Buddhism in Man＇s World.＂ Then Yin Shun became an extremely significant and outstanding reformer of Buddhist thought and Buddhist thinker in the modern times. Today there are more and more people studying, elucidating and spreading the thinking of Yin Shun. The “exemplary way＂ constructed by “Yin Shun Learning＂ gradually becomes one of the “explicit schools＂ in the contemporary Buddhist field of Taiwan. Among so many Yin Shun＇s kowtow disciples, students of private tutorial classes as well as his disciples and students of the next generation, except “Tzu Chi Foundation＂ occupying fame and significant international position, there are some organizations, such as “Buddhist Hongshi Institute＂ in Taoyuan, “Fu Yan Buddhist Institute＂ in Hsinchu, “Miau Sim Temple＂ in Tainan and “Cheng Hsin Buddhist Association for Youths＂ in Kaohsiung, being the Buddhist centers spreading the thought of Yin Shun, and cultivating some significant and representative characters, such as Shi Zhao-Hui, Shi Xing-Guang, Shi Wu-Yin, Shi Hou-Guan, Shi Chuan-Dao and Shi Hong-Yin, who are also the leading and respectful monks. In addition, there are quite a lot of people in the academic field following and being inspired by the personality and thought of Yin Shun. Hence, it has become a popular trend for researchers to do researches of Yin Shun＇s thought. Guo Peng, Wu Lao-Zhe, Yang Yu-Wen, Yang Hui-Nan, and so on are the major researchers. Under the conditions that Yin Shun＇s thought becomes the “words of a school,＂ and his thinking is preached by a lot of outstanding disciples, and brings great and profound influence to the society, “Yin Shun School＂ has been established. This research plan summarizes the contents of “Post-Yin-Shun School,＂ and classifies it into 4 main sub-divisions: the first one is “Buddhism Research School,＂ the second one is “Tzu Chi Volunteer Service School,＂ the third one is “Local Concern School,＂ and the fourth one is “Traditional Buddhism Propagation School.＂ Currently, there was only one research paper touching upon the issue of “establishment of Yin Shun School＂ in its section of “Introduction.＂ Regarding the process for the “division of Yin Shun School,＂ there were only two research papers slightly dealing with this topic. As to the related studies focusing on the “various sub-divisions of Yin Shun School,＂ they mainly concentrated on “Tzu Chi Volunteer Service School.＂ But for the rest of the three schools, they are still at the “beginning stage＂ since only a very few research papers on these schools have been made. As for the investigation on the topical studies of “establishment, division and develo
