佛教哲学与中国儒学的内在关系问题

The Intrinsic Relation between the Philosophy of Buddhism and Chinese Confucianism

儒家学说的底层解释模式是天人合德的宇宙哲学,具体表现为气感论学说以及这一学说所具有的自然主义形而上学特点。佛教的理论基础是缘起理论,业感缘起学说是其突出的特色。气感论与业感说的关系反映了儒家文化与佛教文化的差异,但因为“感”这一学说而使儒佛二种文化又具有某种沟通的内在基础。研究这两种学说的意义在于,可以进一步加深我们对中国传统文化的整体发展与演变的理解和把握。

The basic explaining pattern of Confucianism is the cosmology of combination of nature and human. It embodied as the theory of influence of Qi and as its metaphysics character of naturalism. The base of Buddhism theory is the theory of dependent arising, the main feature of which is dependent arising of experiencing for the prior good and evil. The relation between the two reflects the difference between Confucianism and Buddhism. Furthermore, the influence theory makes the two cultures have the intrinsic base of communication. To investigate the two theories is very important for us to understand the holistic development and evolution of Chinese traditional culture.