评印顺《中国禅宗史》--管窥自他语境下民国佛教学术的发展困境

The Book Review for"the history of the Chinese zen"of Yin shun:An epitome of Republican China's buddhists

印顺的《中国禅宗史》是一部扬名域外的佛学巨著。该书特色独具,内容上是只书至会昌法难前后的断代史;方法上则首开教界先河,借鉴西学,采用历史考证和逻辑分析相结合的方式。而这两大特色也正是此书获得极端评价的由来。对此,笔者从成书缘起、印顺个人求法经历及其研究方法的形成等角度,试对《中国禅宗史》两大特色的原因进行分析,从中管窥民国西学冲击下佛教界面临的学术困境。

Master Yin Shun's"Chinese Zen History"is a famous and admired masterpiece of Buddhism in East Asia.The book has two characteristics,firstly,it was a buddhist history divided according to dynasties.Secondly,Master Yin Shun used the logical analysis as the book's writing skill and combined it with the historical research method which was the pioneer of Republican China5s buddhists circle.And these two characteristics are also the reason for the extreme evaluations of the book.Based on this situation,the author of this article write to analyze how the two characteristics comes,from the following three dimensions:opportunity of the book's origin,Master Yin Shun's experiences and own road of Buddhism Studying,the formation of his personal unique research methods.Through the process of the analysation,the dilemma of Republican China's buddhists would be comprehended to a certain extent.