谭嗣同、梁启超“应用佛学”之异同析论

On the Similarity and Difference of the “Applied Buddhism”Between Tan Sitong and Liang Qichao

谭嗣同、梁启超所倡导的"应用佛学",虽然都是希望从中摄取和利用某些有益的资源为救国救民服务,但由于种种原因,他们的态度与认识也存在着一定差异:谭氏往往根据现实政治斗争的需要而不断地加以取舍、改造和引申,以充实其仁学思想体系;而梁氏则除此之外,还希望利用佛学来改造国民性。比较谭、梁二人的应用佛学,既可认识佛学与他们各自政治思想之间的关系,又可从中略窥佛学在中国近代政治思想转型中的地位和作用。

The＂ applied Buddhism＂ advocated by Tan Sitong and Hang Qichao are both aimed to save their nation and serve people by uptaking and making use of beneficial resources. However, because of variety reasons, their attitude and cognition towards this advocation are different： Mr. Tan made choices, re- formed and extended to enrich the Benevolence system according to the need of realistic political con- flicts, while Mr. Liang also expected to reform nationality by using Buddhism. The comparative study of Tan and Liang＇ s applied Buddhism can not only help us to understand the relationship between Buddhism and their respective political thoughts, but also can help us to give a Buddhism in the transformation of modem Chinese political thought.