论梁启超《老子哲学》的思想特色

Liang Qichao's The Philosophy of Laozi and Its Insights

梁启超写于1920年的《老子哲学》既宣传《老子》返璞归真的人生哲学,又宣传佛家《大乘起信论》一心、二门的思想;既将老子的客观的“道”解释为毕竟平等、不可破坏之真如,又将“有生干无”的客观过程解释为万物为妄见所生,因而将返璞归真视为灭除我见、我相而证到自然之道的过程。把佛、道两种旨趣完全不同的学术纠合在一起,无疑是学问家之大忌,但如果考虑到他是在执行思想家和宗教家的社会职责,那么,他这样做也就不难理解了。

The Philosophy of Laozi (1920) disseminates both the life philosophy that asserts the returning to the original nature of human beings in Laozi and the notion of ' Yi Xin Er Men(一心二门)' in Mahayana-sraddhotpadasastra. It interprets Laozi's objective 'Dao' as bhutatathata and the objective process of being from not-being as that everything is from human absurd ideas. Thus, it comes to a conclusion that to return to the original human nature is to wipe out the satkayadarsana so as to verify the 'Dao' of nature. From the scientific vantagepoint, it is most unadvisable that Liang Qichao should study Daoism in terms of Buddhism, which used to be thought totally unrelated. But, considering his social responsibility as a thinker and a researcher of religion, we will have less difficulty in appreciating his work.