The Interpretation And Reference Of Contemporary Neo-Confucianism To Buddhism

Contemporary Neo-Confucianists annotate traditional Buddhism and referent it, when they construct their metaphysical system, traditional Buddhism becomes one crucial part of them. The study of Contemporary Neo-Confucianists begins from 3 aspects. First, they study the history of Buddhism, which construct the base for them to use and digest Buddhism in high level. Second, Contemporary Neo-Confucianists reform Chinese traditional Buddhism, then Buddhism can communicate on the same flat. At last, traditional Buddhism have great effect on the establishment of Contemporary Neo-Confucianists, whatever in content or form, and even more, its'method help Contemporary Neo-Confucian to bring about the senses of superiority of themselves when they deal with the connection between west and east.Traditional Buddhism can be divided into 2 parts, one is the mind-only system which bases on Alaga consciousness, and another is Tendai school, Avatmmsaka school and Ch'an, which depend on The awakening of faith in the Mahayana et. The latter is the main current of Chinese Buddhism. Contemporary Neo-Confucian think that both of them can be useful, the former have can communicate in science, logic and Psychology, but it have more defective on Axiology and Ontology, we can only reach round thought in philosophy when we turn on the latter road.Contemporary Neo-Buddhist including OuyangJingwu, Lucheng, Yinshun opposite the praise of Contemporary Neo-Confucianists to traditional Buddhism. They think Tendai school, Avatmmsaka school and Ch'an, mix too many factors and thinking models of Chinese, and it goes against originally essence of India Buddhism.So there are great difference between Contemporary Neo-Confucianists and M Contemporary Neo-Buddhist on study traditional Buddhism, they argue about ten times on the fundamental problem of Buddhism. These argument are mainly about XiongShili's new theory of the Mind-only, the empty heart of suchness and the Middle Way. These arguments can efficiently help us inspect Modern Confucians'study on traditional Buddhism in a wide view, and from these we can find out the academic and thought connotation behind the difference. We will patically, objectively praise the study of modern new Confucian on traditional Buddhism.