It is not easy to grasp the contents of the thought of Kaishin-ron completely, because only one volume exists in six volumes. There is no certain record to prove that Kaishin-ronwas written by Imperial command, but it is estimated that Kaishin-ronis Imperial compilation and the author Fuki is a pupil of Cho-sai of Todaiji-temple from examination of the text. The philosophical characteristics of Kaishin-ron are summarized as follows. First, Fuki recognized logic as a required means to understand the teachings of Buddha. By using logic, he proved that all beings are included in the Buddhavatamsaka-samadhi and the doctrine of the Hua-yan Sutra surpasses others. In addition, criticizing peoples of the one vehicle who disregard logic, he emphasized the importance of logic. Second, in Kaishin-ron , Fa-tsang's Tanxuan-ji and Hui-yuen's Gan-ding ji are occupied the important position and there are overwhelmingly many quotations from this two writings. It means that Kaishin-ronmakes a flow of japanese huayan studies since the Nara period. In addition, we can find that the author of Kaishin-ronrespects shingon-buddhism and quotes books of the shingon buddhist system by influence of Kukai. It shows that Kaishin-ronhas rather different characteristics from Kegon-shiki (華厳私記類) of the Heian period.
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I. 들어가는 글 55 II. 문헌의 기초적 검토 57 1. 서지와 찬술 년대 57 2. 인용문헌으로 본 사상의 경향 64 III. 화엄사상의 특질 66 1. 해인삼매의 선양 66 2. 어리석은 자[有迷者] 에 대한 비판의 의미 69 3. 『석마하연론』 인용의 의미 71 1) 『석마하연론』 인용개소의 분석 71 2) 원원해와 비로자나불의 관계 76 IV. 결론 77
