Confucianism and Zen: On Yang Ci-hu's Doctrine of Mind and Buddhism

Philosophy and Culture 30 (6):3-16 (2003)
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Abstract

Yang Cihu thinking of "the world Weixin", "no meaning" and launched not only inherited the essence of Mind Lu Xiangshan and Wang Yangming enlightening. He also thought that a bold distinctive absorbed Buddhist ideas, borrowed Buddhist and some areas of reasoning, and even Buddhist figures compared with the Confucian character. Having said that, Tzuhu subject or Confucian thought. However, if it will pass in Confucianism and Buddhism in the Neo-thinking in the context of this large, beyond the analysis of Confucianism is the Buddha's office, then Tzuhu thought it reached the height of Confucianism and Buddhism will pass. Meanwhile, the shelter Cihu degree of Buddhist tolerance, and his "thin at home and abroad, all my newborn baby," the spirit of the inherent coincide. Yang cihu's ideas are outspreaded with the core of "mind only in universe" and "no sense", which not only inherited the essence of Lu-xiangshan's theory of mind, but elicited Wang-yangming's thoughts much. The characters of his ideas lie in that he absorbed much Buddhists ideas, and conceptions, even juxtaposed Buddhists with Confucians. Even if this, placed under the great underground of Songming Doctrine of Reason interpenetrating Confucianism and Buddhism, the transcend is Confucianism's differentiating and analyzing Buddhism. Than Cihu's ideas achieved the interpenetratation of Confuciansim and Buddhism. Meanwhile, Cihu's catholicity to Confucianism consisted interiorly with his spirit of "home and abroad, universally my sons

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