春花或金屑？——紫柏真可的禪教觀及其背後的反智識主義難題=Flowers as Spring or Gold Dust as Film in the Eyes? Zibo Zhenke’s View on the Relationship between Chan and Doctrine and Its Problems on Anti-in tellectualism
The de bate on the relationship between Chan and do ctrine appears from time to time in the history of the Chan community. One of critical points is their diff erent positions on “a separate transmission apart from the doctrine”( 教外別傳) and “not setting up language and letter,”( 不立文字) that is, the core of the problem is to determine what ro le “doctrine”( 經教) plays in me ditation and the experience of Chan enlightenment, or if “doctrine” does not play any role. However, if we examine th is issue de eper, then we will fi nd that the Chan patriarchs’ positions on this debate showed their ra tionale. The Chan patriarchs who emphasized the importance of doctrine also preferred to agree that rationale can or must have a positive position in Chan practice. But because of their emphasis on to logic and atypical position from the mainstream, they need to explain intellectually how doctrine is necessary and why it will infl uence Chan meditation.
