粤东香花派祖师何南凤佛教改革思想试析

An Analysis on the Reforming Buddhist thought of He Nanfeng the Founder of the Xianghua School in Eastern Guangdong

香花派是明末兴起的一个佛教流派,以做佛事赶经忏为主,主要流行于粤东、闽南、闽西南,在江西也有部分地区流行。广东兴宁人何南凤被奉为香花派祖师,他创立的横山堂被视作香花派寺庙的滥觞。因此,探究何南凤的佛教思想,乃是了解香花派佛教的重要一环。从明末佛教的衰敝入手,文章分析了何南凤的思想渊源,他的禅僧本色,着重探讨了他因应佛教弊端的佛教改革思想,认为其佛教改革思想可概括为四点:1、融汇儒释,2、调和禅、讲、教,3、重实际、轻形式,4、改进宣教方式。

Xianghua School is a school of Buddhism which raised in the late Ming Dynasty, mainly did Buddhist and popular in eastern Guangdong, southern Fujian, southwestern Fujian and some area of Jiangxi. He Nanfeng from Guangdong Xingning who was regarded as the founder of the Xianghua School. Hengshan temple he founded is regarded as the origin of the Xianghua School temple. Therefore, exploring He Nanfeng＇s Buddhist thought, is an important part to understand the Xianghua School. The author starts from the Buddhist withering in the late Ming, and analyses He Nanfeng＇s ideological origin and his monk character. His Buddhist thought about reforming the shortcomings of Buddhism is focused on, which can be summarized as four points： 1, to draw Confucianism, Buddhism; 2, reconcile Zen, speak, school; 3, real heavy, light form; 4, way to improve education.