论魏晋佛学与庄子学的互相倚重

魏晋玄学盛行之时,大乘般若学攀附老庄(尤其是庄子)的态度更加明朗化,甚至从理论上自觉总结出了以老庄学说来比附般若空学的"格义"、"连类"之法.反之,当时的老庄学也借助于佛学,尤其是东晋支道林,则更以般若性空学说来阐释《庄子*逍遥游》,卓然"拔理于郭、向之外",从而为庄子学的进一步发展开辟了新的途径.

On Theoretical Connection between Buddhist Philosophy in the Wei and Jin Dynasties and the Taoist Thought of Zhuangzi

Since its introduction into China, Buddhism had survived and developed in dependence on traditional Chinese culture. When the metaphysical sect in the Wei and Jin Dynasties was popular, it was obvious that scholars in Mahayana Buddhism became inclined to seek connection with the Taoist thought of Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi (especially that of Zhuang Zi) for better development. Therefore, they theoretically summed up many ways do so. Contrarily, drawing on Buddhist philosophy, especially the Zhidaolin school of the East Jin Dynasty, scholars in Taoism put a unique interpretation on Xiao Yao You (The Happy Excursion), one of Zhuang Zi's classic works. By producing a new theory out of different Taoist ideas or schools of thought, they worked out the new way to better develop Zhuang Zi.