"Three-in-one" And The Practice Of The Trinity: Research On The Characteristics Of Lin Zhaoen's Thoughts

In the middle of Ming Dynasty, Lin Zhaoen, who is born in Putian, Fujian province, created a new nongovernmental relijion named Sanyi Jiao(Three-in-One Teaching) based on his "Three Religions " theory on the melting of Confucianism,Buddhism and Taoism into one. As a folk religion, Sanyi Jiao is different from before the Buddha, the end of different derived flow order. It takes Lin Zhaoen system is perfect the "Three Religions" thought as the foundation, has a strong source on Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism thought and theory. Sanyi Jiao early is more nature of intellectuals, with the development of continuous system of Lin Zhaoen "syncretism" thought, increasing forest trillion Tu missionary activities, it gradually develop and finally grow into a folk religious organization. At first, Sanyi Jiao mostly developed in Putian, Fujian province,and then spread to Jiangsu,Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui and other places, and later in the development process to the Taiwan province of China and Southeast Asian countries, in nowdays, Lin Zhaoen is still very popular. Lin Zhaoen's " Three religions " thought not only has his own uniqueness,but also absorbed the history of Confucianism, Buddhism and "Three Religions" thought, the development of relations between the three religions to the product in the middle and late period of Ming Dynasty, with distinct characteristics of the times. So the Lin Zhaoen three religions unity theory research is to teach the Trinity foundation, is not only conducive to a better understanding of the trinity teaching, enrich the study of folk religions of China, there are conducive to the overall deepening of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism "Three Religions" thought and Buddhism in the Ming Dynasty's development condition, and it also has certain significance for the understanding and research of history of Chinese religious thought s.The article is different from the prior research devoted to the study of the "three religions unity" or Trinity Teaching Mode of the "Three Religions" thought and explicit from the Trinity Teaching ceremonial, repair to a combination of both, from the view of theory to practice, the" three religions "thought and trinity teaching practice together, pay attention to their relationship with development, coherent view of the problem, pay attention to the combination of three religions thought based on the trinity by early intellectual academic group eventually evolved into the folk religious belief organization the development mode of discussion and research.Under the guidance of this idea, the article starts from the historical development of a thought from Buddhism, combined with the national policies of the Ming Dynasty and Lin Zhaoen's ideological background, origin of the syncretism of the carding and analysis. On this basis, from the "one teach three", "non religious", "three" and "return to Confucianism and Confucius" several aspects of the connotation of "Three Religions" theory are studied. On this basis, combined with Lin Zhaoen founded three one teaches advocating teaching purpose, from the secular, religious, three folk discusses the practical features of Lin Zhaoen "syncretism" the thought, in three one to teach religion practice Confucius heart, heart nine sequence method were introduced and demonstrated in detail. Finally, the article from the Lin Zhaoen identity transformation, three one teaching ancestral widely established two aspects of knowledge taught by three one The expression forms of the sub academic group were transformed into the folk religious organizations, and the development mode of the three one teaching was summarized and demonstrated through the development of the inheritance and development of the late three one.Based on the relevant literature, the article acquire the achievement that the mind method of the Confucian school is different from the the mind method of Jiuxu. The mind method of the Confucian school is defined from the narrow and wide two sense And the practice modes of the mind method of the Confucian school are analyzed. And through the forest Zhaoen "syncretism" and three one the teaching practice, the development vision of the combination of theory and practice, Lin Zhaoen in Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism based on the ideas, through integration, absorption of folk belief, folk custom development, the growth of three one, prompted the three one teaching gradually from the early intellectuals into the folk religious organization, this mode of development not only conform to the historical development of syncretism, also conforms to the development rule of folk religion, so the three one teaching can spread so far. And this conclusion by late three one taught by academic development, fruit node two in the direction of religious heritage are demonstrated by. This, this study not only for better understanding, development of Trinity teach has certain significance, also on the study of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in China to other forms of folk religious organization research paradigm, draw lessons from a meaning, for currently our country folk religion, the inheritance of the folk customs, the development of a certain significance.