Abstract

The distinction between Confucianism and Buddhism (DCB) was a topic that Yi Chuan and his apprentices often discussed. Criticizing the Buddhism was an important content of Yi Chuan’s Neo Confucianism (YNC). The Neo Confucianism of Song and Ming Dynasties was the reaction of Buddhism, and Yi Chuan was one of the founders of the Neo Confucianism. Buddhism philosophy was based on the mind theory, which strengthened Yi Chuan’s choice of another way—seeking objective heavenly principles—to build his own philosophy. Another profound philosophical thought of the DCB in YNC was that he tried to use metaphysics to criticize the nihilism of Buddhism. In the process of philosophy transformation in Tang and Song Dynasties (TSD), the YNC was an important weapon to resist the Buddhism nihilism. Therefore, under the background of the transformation of philosophy in TSD, it is necessary to use the method of comparative philosophy to research YNC from the perspective of DCB, so as to further reveal its theoretical construction logic and its philosophical significance.

Highlights

  • There have always been different views about the influence of Buddhism on the Neo Confucianism (NC), among which the two are worth exploring

  • The Yi Chuan’s Neo Confucianism (YNC) responded to the challenge of Buddhism, and its distinction between Confucianism and Buddhism (DCB) contained the criticism of Buddhism, through which he achieved the transcendence of Buddhism

  • Without the stimulation of the ZPM, there would be no YNC. It just was inspired by the ZPM that Yi Chuan focused on the research of Confucianism ontology

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Summary

Introduction

There have always been different views about the influence of Buddhism on the Neo Confucianism (NC), among which the two are worth exploring. Buddhism was only an external stimulation for the NC, represented by Mou Zong-san, who stood in the Confucian position, disagreed with the views of Liang and Chen (Mou, 1969). From the perspective of the transformation of Philosophy in Tang and Song Dynasties (TSD), with the decline of ZPM, the rise of NC followed, the internal relationship between them is worth pondering. Yi Chuan Neo Confucianism (YNC) was born in the period of philosophy transformation in TSD. The reason why he attached great importance to “the differentiation between Confucianism and Buddhism” (DCB) was directly related to the background. It is necessary to study YNC from the perspective of the DCB for further revealing its philosophical significance

Responding to the Zen’s Philosophy of Mind
Constructing Neo Confucianism
Criticizing the Nihilism of Buddhism
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