주희의 격의불교 이해

Abstract

Zhu Xi proposes that Geyi Buddhism plagiarized Laozi’s words and ideas. He suggests that the representative figure of Geyi Buddhism, Sengzhao’s idea of ‘seeking jing from dong’ and ‘dong is no different from jing’; Su Shi’s claim that ‘it goes like this, but it has never gone.’; Hu Hong’s thesis of ‘nature being ti(體) and heart-mind being yong(用)’; as well as Zhang Shi’s thought of ‘seeing jing in dong’ are ideas of ‘Dong Zhong Jing’ after all. Zhu Xi’s such interpretation indicates that there is some connection in terms of philosophical thoughts between Laozi, Sengzhao, Su Shi and Huxiang School. By criticizing Geyi Buddhism, Zhu Xi actually aims at targeting his opponents, i.e., Su Shi and Huxiang School’s theoretical problems. In this way, Zhu Xi does not really understand Geyi Buddhism from a narrow point of view as argued by most previous researches. Instead, he intentionally focuses only on a specific part of Geyi Buddhism in order to direct his criticism at Su Shi and Huxiang School effectively.