• Criticisms of Buddhism, Daoism, and the Learning of the Heart-Mind (in Zhu Xi: Selected Wrtings)

    Translator(s):
    Ari Borrell (see profile) , Ellen Neskar
    Date:
    2019
    Group(s):
    LLC Ming and Qing Chinese, LLC Pre-14th-Century Chinese, TC Philosophy and Literature
    Subject(s):
    Chinese literature
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/g233-b136
    Abstract:
    Abstract and Keywords Part of this chapter deals with Zhu Xi’s critique of Buddhism and Daoism: his distinction of the neo-Confucian concept of pattern-principle and virtuous governance from seemingly similar Buddhist and Daoist ideas, his concern with what he saw as both schools’ lack of social and political engagement and their rejection of ethical norms, and the practice of Buddhist meditation and Daoist quietism. Zhu had a certain respect for Zhuangzi, and believed Laozi and the later Daoists were “better than” Buddhists. He reserved a special disdain for the Song dynasty version of Chan and, in particular, for its interpretation of the heart-mind and practice of sudden enlightenment. Significantly, a large portion of his attacks against Chan focus on what he saw as its pernicious influence on scholars in the Learning of the Way and Learning of the Heart-Mind movements. These attacks are taken up in part two of the translation. Keywords: Buddhism, Daoism, emptiness, non-being, non-action, meditation, quietism, Zhuangzi, Laozi, Chan
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.1093/oso/9780190861254.003.0008
    Publisher:
    Oxford University Press
    Pub. Date:
    2019
    Book Title:
    Zhu Xi: Selected Writings
    Author/Editor:
    Ivanhoe, P.J.
    Chapter:
    Criticisms of Buddhism, Daoism, and the Learning of the Heart-Mind
    Page Range:
    138 - 161
    ISBN:
    9780190861261
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    3 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
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