楊仁山、章太炎以「唯識」解莊析論－－以真心派的唯識之詮釋=Interpretation of Chuang Tzu with the “Consciousness-only Theory” by Yang Jen-Shan and Chang Tai-Yen -- RealMind School's Interpretation of “Consciousness Only”
At the end of the Ching Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, China was in a difficult situation, and all kinds of slogans for saving the nation rang out continuously. Reformation and innovation were thus become trends of the time. “Saving the nation by Buddhism” was one of the slogans. Occasionally, the philosophy of “consciousness only”attracted scholars’ attention for its precise theory. Yang Jen-Shan and Chang Tai-Yen, who both studied the consciousness-only theory, interpreted Chuang Tzu from the view point of “consciousness only”in their works Nan Hua Jing Fa Yin and Chi Wu Lun Shih respectively. The former used “the terms of consciousness only theory” to explain Chuang Tzu, while the later interpreted Chuang Tzu by using the concepts of “four Nikayas” (four types of investigations of dharmas), ”alaya consciousness” (store consciousness), “three nature”, etc. The “comparison” methods they used were not necessarily able to discover the original intent of Chuang Tzu, but their “interpretation of Chuang Tzu with the consciousness-only theory”did have a significant new meaning in the intellectual history of “interpretation of Chuang Tzu with Buddhism”.
