Master Sheng Yen; Ouyi Zhixu; the Edo Period; Jiaoguan Gangzong 教觀綱宗; Jiaoguan Gangzong Guanzhu 教觀綱宗貫註
摘要
Jiaoguan Gangzong Guanzhu 教觀綱宗貫註 was written by Master Sheng Yen in his 70s and was awarded the Sun Yat Sen Academic and Cultural Foundation Academic Publication Award. The incentive to start writing this book was founded on the dedication of promotion of Chinese Buddhism, and to elicit further research by succeeding researchers. In fact, Master Sheng Yen had proposed a cue to academic research, the acceptance and proliferation of Ouyi Zhixu’s Jiaoguan Gangzong 教觀綱宗 and Jiaoguan Gangzong Guanzhu Shiyi 教觀綱宗釋義 in East Asia. During the composition of Jiaoguan Gangzong Guanzhu 教觀綱宗貫註, copious commentaries on Jiaoguan Gangzong 教觀綱 宗 from the Edo period served as references, notwithstanding their unobtrusiveness in the academic circles until today. This paper discussed Master Sheng Yen’s utilization of the literature and the inspiration of the literature on bolstering of related research on Ouyi Zhixu.
