BUDDHISM AND THE DAO IN TANG CHINA: THE IMPACT OF CONFUCIANISM AND DAOISM ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF CHENGGUAN

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Author: Imre Hamar

Source: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Volume 52, Numbers 3-4, 22 May 2000 , pp. 283-292(10)

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Abstract:

Chengguan (738–839), the fourth patriarch of the Huayan school of Chinese Buddhism, de-clared the primacy of Buddhism over Confucianism and Daoism and criticised these philosophies from a Buddhist stance. In his subcommentary to the Avata?saka Sutra, he defines ten differences between Buddhism and indigenous philosophies, which are discussed in this paper. However, he also often quoted from Chinese Classics to clarify the meaning of a Buddhist tenet. On these occa-sions he sometimes adds that he only borrows the words but not their meaning. We investigate how he places these words into a new, Buddhist context.

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2000-05-22

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