佛教搭台，儒家唱戏 ——试论儒家在佛教语境中的“被动宗教化”

近年来,在有关儒家是不是宗教的讨论中,人们完全忽略了佛教在儒家宗教化中的历史作用,即佛教自两汉之际传入中国后,引儒入佛,诠释儒家,宣传儒家,将儒家的思想义理、价值观念和行为准则统统吸收为自己的方便法门,从这个意义上来说,儒家早已被佛教宗教化了。儒家在佛教语境中的这种被动宗教化对于当今的儒家文化传播富有启发意义,即我们完全可以主动借助佛教的宗教平台来传播和弘扬儒家文化,这无疑也是儒家宗教化的一种表现形式。

The "Passive Religionization" of Confucianism in the Context of Buddhism

In the recent discussion on whether Confucianism is a religion,the scholars concerned have ignored the historical role of Buddhism in the religionization of Confucianism,that is,since the introduction of Buddhism to China in the Han dynasty,it had interpreted and assimilated some elements of Confucianism like its concepts,values and behavior principles.In this sense,Confucianism was religionized by Buddhism.This passive religionization of Confucianism in the context of Buddhism has some enlightening signifi...