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The timing of Yogācāra resurgence in the Ming dynasty (1368–1643)
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | Before proceeding to the main thesis of my paper, I need to review some well known facts about Buddhist-Confucian dynamics in the late imperial era. The rationalist Song Neo-Confucians known traditionally as the Cheng-Zhu school (程朱; after the Cheng brothers Cheng Hao 程顥 1032–1085 and Cheng Yi 程頤 1033–1107, and Zhu Xi 朱熹 1130–1200) had asserted the exclusive orthodoxy of their tradition. They repudiated all Confucians who professed syncretistic interest or sympathies toward Buddhism and Daoism, and highlighted the doctrinal incompatibilities between Confucianism and other “heretical” religions (yiduan 異端). To Zhu Xi in particular, Buddhism was irredeemably at odds with the Confucian “sagely lineage.” Zhu’s staunchly purist stance was targeted at those Confucians who heartily professed dual allegiances to both religions. Another group of Confucians, in contrast, headed by Lu Jiuyuan 陸九淵 (1139–1193), that eventually rose to become Zhu’s major rival for Confucian orthodoxy, also harbored deep reservations about Buddhism and reiterated the need to vigilantly fend off the latter’s spiritual allure. But despite Lu Jiuyuan’s self-proclaimed loyalty to Confucianism, followers of Zhu’s school often branded Lu an apostate, one who was secretly a sympathizer of Buddhism and, in fact, cherished a much buddhicized interpretation of Confucianism. In the Ming dynasty, Wang Yangming 王陽明 (1472–1529) relented on Confucian exclusivism. Although still upholding the supreme status of Confucianism, Wang saw that the Buddhist training was not diametrical to Confucian enlightenment and could in fact serve as a stepping stone. His unapologetic use of Buddhist |
| Starting Page | 5 |
| Ending Page | 25 |
| Page Count | 21 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 33 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/jiabs/article/download/9276/3137 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
