The Moral Of Zhi Dun’s Works

Zhi Dun was a bright pearl in the Easten Jin Dynasty.Not only was hebe a famous scholar of Metaphysics,but also he was an eminent Buddhist monk.Hemastered the Praj ā Theory,on behalf of the academic frontier.As a famous scholar ofMetaphysics,his thought greatly surpassed others.His works was a wonderful flowerin Metaphysical Poems. In order to analyze the Buddhism behind Zhi Dun’s works,thepaper will discuss his life,Buddhist theory and works for three chapters as complete aspossible.The first chapter will be divided into two parts.At first,the paper will review allZhi Dun’s life.Biography Of Eminent Buddhist Monk In Han,Wei,Jin And TheSouthern And Northern Dynasties,and Shi Shuo Xin Yu were as the fundamentalmaterial source.There are two clues for stating Zhi Dun’s biography,scholar ofMetaphysics and eminent Buddhist monk.The paper will show Zhi Dun’s outstandingrole in Buddhism,and how did he develop and expand Buddhism as a bridge.Atlast,four aspects were introduced about Zhi Dun’s works,description,existence,scatterand lost,and suspected pseudo.In order to explore Zhi Dun’s Praj ā Theory,the second chapter will be dividedinto three realms.Firstly, the paper whose purpose is to indicate Zhi Dun’s motivtationon the Praj ā-pāramitā Sutra will demonstrate its translation and spread.Secondly, thepaper will display Zhi Dun’s research on the Praj ā-pāramitā Sutra,and how did hedistinguish two versions.The similarities and differences will be presented inexcel.And then,the paper summary his research methods about the Praj ā-pāramitāSutra. Thirdly, the paper will analyse Zhi Dun’s comprehention of Praj ā,which isunique,from the ontology and pratical,contrasting with Nagon’s Medium ViewTheory.The third chapter is to analyse Zhi Dun’s works from the main contents and characteristics.His works could be classified about lauding,mind, life,ideology andmiscellany.Every one’s content is explained for highlighting Zhi Dun’s religiousemotion. The most important characteristic of Zhi Dun’s works is demonstratingBuddhism in form of the Metaphysics,called GeYi.So the paper will deduce andsummary the Buddhism behind the Metaphysics for example. Finally,The paper willdiscuss Zhi Dun’s works, adding Buddhism into the Metaphysics poems, playing aimportant role in the Metaphysics poems,and the deficiency of GeYi.