Origin Bent On The Different Tracks

This dissertation, mainly taking the treatise Essence in Doctrine of Mean as the text of object, is a monographic study of Master Han-Shan's thinking of communication between Buddhism and Confucianism. First, the ground which Han-Shan's thinking had originated and the life of this great monk is introduced. Then the thinking that Han-Shan intended communicating Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism is explained. Especially, Han-Shan's interpretation of The Doctrine of Mean is taken as a case, which is compared with the interpretations of Zhu Xi's and Wang Yang-Ming's. From these comparisons the feature and innovation of Han-Shan's thinking are uncovered. He made the previously unknown meaning, which is helpful to the deepening moral principles of Confucianism and carried it out. And people today who want to understand and interpret Chinese traditional classical texts well could be enlightened.