Research On The Yang Wenhui And Modernization Of Chinese Buddhism

Modernization of the Chinese Buddhist history is a long and difficult historical process. Modernization of Traditional Chinese Buddhism runs into the turbulent period. Modern society is making efforts to adapt to that time. Its ideological resources can be included two aspects. The First one is the traditional Buddhist internal communication with the thinking of modern society to promote and highlight resources. The Second is external resources. It mainly refers to modern Western society. Western early goes into modern society than China. In general, the modernization process should be soon than China. The religious is also like that. Traditional Chinese Buddhism learns religious from West and Japan in various aspects is the efforts to modernization of the Chinese Buddhist.Yang is a great scholar of modern Chinese Buddhism and Buddhist activist. He has given pioneering contributions to modernization of the Chinese Buddhist. Yang's contributions can be concluded in the following aspects. First, Yang lives in the times that change from a traditional Chinese society to a modern society. Yang's critique of traditional Buddhism demonstrates the characteristics of this new era. Second, Yang lives in the calamity-ridden and precarious period. There is a distinctive Buddhist thinking of the "save" feature. Third, to adapt to the history of Chinese Buddhism in the new social environment for the revitalization of Buddhism to cultivate talents of Law, Yang present and practice a scholar of Buddhist education. Fourth, the introduction of Western has a tremendous impact on China's traditional culture. To response to the impact of Western, Yang actively promotes and highlights the resources that traditional Chinese Buddhist scholar links with Western, such as Yang's emphasis of the initiative, the concept of harmony and equality awareness and rational thinking. All of them results of such efforts. Fifth, in order to respond to the crisis of traditional Chinese Buddhism, Yang attends the exposition from all aspects of their Buddhist thinking. The Buddhism's characteristics of system has obviously comes out. Sixth, Yang threw his life to protect the law of Buddhism. He has trained a large number of Buddhist personnel. They will follow Yang and continue to promote the modernization of traditional Chinese Buddhist history. Among them, Ouyang is a lay Buddhist Master Yang universe and will serve as an outstanding representative of the disciples. They have advanced the course of modern Chinese Buddhism in different aspects.Yang's contribution shows to us that scholar is the first great modern trend of Buddhists. Meanwhile, we can sum up Modernization of Traditional Chinese Buddhism's radical connotation from Yang's efforts. It will also deepen the academic scholar on the history and status of the verities of modern Buddhism.