当《老子》与佛教相遇——佛教视角的《老子》诠释

LAO ZI versus Buddhism——A Buddhist Interpretation of LAO ZI

在《老子》诠释史中,佛教的诠释是其重要而独特的一翼。汉晋时期,佛教般若学借助玄学而得以流行,《老子》也在佛教的解读中被进一步本体化。晋唐时期,《老子》在佛、道互动中被以"重玄"的理论形态做了深度的义理开启,同时,在佛、道的互释中,《老子》的解读也逐渐出现心性化转向。宋明时期,在三教合一、归同心性的文化背景和思想发展趋势下,佛教对《老子》的解读,不仅不离三教合一之旨,且《老子》也愈益被纳入心性论的思想轨道。

Buddhist interpretation of LAO ZI is an important and individual part of LAO ZI＇s interpretation. In times of the Han and the Jin Dynasty, Prajna study became popularized with the help of metaphysics, whose interpretation further noumenalized LAO ZI. Between the Jin and the Tang Dynasty, LAO ZI turned highly argumentative in terms of ＂highly metaphysical＂ theorization with the interaction between Taoism and Buddhism, whose interpretation tended gradually to be transcendental. From the Song to the Ming Dynasty, under the general situation of three churches incorporated into one, the study of mind, Buddhist interpretation accordingly turned into the theoretical pattem of study of mind.