清代佛教史学批评述论

A Review of the Historical Criticism of Buddhism in Qing Dynasty

清代佛教史家在继承前代佛教史学批评的基础上,结合当时佛教特点,在史学批评的形式、语言风格和品评内容上,都有了新变化、新特点,对佛教历史发展、高僧大德史事、寺院山林的盛衰发展以及世俗历史人物、社会变迁等,进行总结和品评,发出了时代声音。其史学批评思想的主要核心是以佛教史观为中心,儒家思想为外沿,将儒释思想融汇为一体,做到"佛教为体,经史为用"的内外统一。

There are some new characteristics of the historical criticism of Buddhism in the form, linguistic style and the content of comment in Qing Dynasty. The historians who did researches on Buddhism summa- rized and reviewed the development of Buddhism, the historical events of eminent monks, the rise and fall of temples, secular historical figures and social transformation on the basis of the historical criticism of Bud- dhism of previous generations. The core of historical criticism in Qing Dynasty into Buddhism with the Buddhist historical view as the center and Confucianism is to integrate Confucianism as the periphery.