被忽视和掩埋的过去——作为士大夫的林木陈

The Past Being Ignored and Covered——Lin Muchen as a Confucian scholar

明末道忞禅师早年(出家以前)本是忠义两全的士大夫,此种特性影响到其日后作为释者对禅宗的贡献和后人对其评价。这可反映出禅师所属的粤东大埔县林氏宗族之忠孝观,也反映了明末清初禅宗儒释合一的所谓"禅宗复兴"现象的局限。

The Zen master Muchen Daomin of the late Ming Dynasty was a Confucian scholar who addicted himself in loyalty and filial piety before he became a monk. This personality effected his contribution to the Zen Buddhism and the later generations＇ evaluation about him. This situation reflected the exact meaning of loyalty and filial piety of the Lin Clan of Dapu County, also showed the limited of ＂Zen＇s Renaissance＂ which meaned the combination of the Confucian and Buddhism at the turn of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.