FRIEDERIKE ASSANDRI, Research Associate, Center for East Asian Studies (ZO), University of Heidelberg. Specialties: early medieval Daoism, Buddhism, inter-religious debates in medieval China. E-mail: friederike_assandri@yahoo.com
摘要
This article presents a case of the application of Buddhist yinming logic in a public debate between Buddhists and Daoists at the court of Emperor Tang Gaozong, as recorded by Daoxuan in his Ji Gujin Fo Dao Lunheng. The application was successful in the sense that the Buddhist vanquished his Daoist opponent. Yet, yinming logic was not used in other debates against Daoists, not even by Buddhists trained in this particular logic. Why? Looking for answers to this question, the article argues for the importance of common analytical ground in inter-religious, and by extension intercultural debate.
目次
I.Encounters of Cultures and Traditions in the Present and in the Past 344 II.Debates between Buddhists and Daoists 345 III.The Subject of Debate: Dao in the Contact Zone 346 IV.Analytical Method: Yinming Logic and the Question of Dialogue 348 V.Conclusion 355
