Author Affiliation: SOAS University of London, UK.
關鍵詞
Dharma teaching to the army=jundui hongfa=軍隊弘法; Dharma teaching in prison=jianyu hongfa=監獄弘法; Wang Enyang=王恩洋 (1897–1964); Monk Cihang=慈航法師 (1893–1954); Chinese Prison Dharma Propagation Society=Zhongguo jianyu hongfa she=中國監獄弘法社; Humanistic Buddhism=renjian fojiao=人間佛教; Buddhist education=fojiao jiaoyu=佛教教育; Republican Buddhism=minguo fojiao=民國佛教
摘要
This research explores how Buddhist “education within/for lay society” translated in the Chinese context. In both the Imperial and Republican eras, Buddhist monastics and lay intellectuals did more than simply preach the laity. Trusting that Buddhist ethics could offer positive guidance to the community, central and local governments requested that Buddhist monastics lecture in other less usual venues, like military camps or prisons, or open their temple premises to soldiers and inmates. Besides formal lecturing, Chinese monastics often inspired by example, and facilitated the development of the surrounding community through their charisma, leadership, and practical initiatives. This article starts with a historical overview of education in China, and the interlinked development of religious (Buddhist and Daoist) and secular (Confucian) learning in the premodern era. The second and third parts focus on continuation and developments in the Republican era, addressing intellectual arguments and debates, as well as concrete examples of Buddho-Confucian educational initiatives outside the classroom. The study ends with reflections on the contribution of Buddhism to for global society.
目次
Abstract 100 Keywords 100 Introduction 101 I. Education in Buddhism, China, and Chinese Buddhism— Before the Late Qing 103 1.1 The Confucian and Buddhist Ideals of Moral Leadership and Ethical Sustainability 105 1.2 Buddhist and Daoist Contributions to Education in Pre-Modern China 106 II. Buddhist Contributions to Chinese Education in the Republican Era 107 2.1 Cihang 慈航: Buddhism as Education to “Rescue the Nation” 109 2.2 Wang Enyang 王恩洋: Chinese (Buddhist and Confucian) Education to “Rescue Humanity” 111 III. From Theory to Practice: Values in Action in the Republican Era 114 3.1 Leading by Example 114 3.2 Lecturing the Army 117 3.3. Dharma in Prisons 118 Conclusion: Ethical Sustainability from China to the Global Scene 122 Acknowledgements 124 Bibliography 125
