From Foreign Differences Southern And Northern Dynasties, Buddhism And Confucianism, Buddhism And Taoism Dispute

A long history of traditional Chinese culture are rich and colorful, It contains a wide range of cultural ingredients. It showed the broad-minded to absorb the outside Buddhist culture. Buddhism was introduced into China since the Former Han Dynasty, after a difficult and tortuous development has finally become an inseparable part of Chinese culture. However, the development of Buddhism was not smooth. How to better deal with the relationship between Buddhism and Chinese traditional culture was a very complex and difficult problem. After all, China had a profound and splendid traditional culture, and Buddhism was a very different ideological in a completely different geographical and cultural background. The two sides will be of mutual benefit and common prosperity, to achieve the ideal win-win results if they have a good relationship. But, generally speaking, Buddhism will suffer a great disaster if they have not a good relationship.Buddhism was very small forces when it had been introduced into China in Han Dynasty. At that time, Buddhism could not afford to confront Confucianism and Taoism. Buddhism needed the help from Confucianism and Taoism to develop itself. In this period of time, the theory of"the distinction between Chinese and Uncivilized nation"about Buddhism,Confucianism and Taoism was Just beginning. It reflected in the article of《Lift the doubt》which was wrote by Muzi in latter Han Dynasty. In the process of organize the confusion, Muzi mentioned the problem of Confucianism criticize Buddhists with the theory of"the distinction between Chinese and Uncivilized nation". The debate of"Chinese and Uncivilized nation"happened in Confucianism,Buddhism,Taoism was very intense in Three Kingdoms Wei and Jin Dynasties. The debate during this time was around the problem of"Laozi educate Hu Tribe"and"salmonella exposed right shoulder". With the rapid development of Buddhism during this period, its strength increased. And Buddhism wanted to change the Submissive situation. The relation between Buddhism and Confucianism Taoism was very intensive during this period. Buddhists are active because the doctrine of Buddhism is rigorous and the strategy of Buddhists was appropriate. The debate of"Chinese and Uncivilized nation"happened in Confucianism,Buddhism,Taoism in Southern and Northern Dynasties reached to the summit and had a different features in south and north. The struggle in Southern Dynasties was around《The discussion on Chinese and Uncivilized nation》and《The discussion on three kinds of damage》,and this kind of discussion are theoretical. But the struggle in Northern Dynasties was evolved into the behavior of vigorous abolition of Buddhism. Buddhism was Suffered a devastating blow.In history, in the process of foreign culture into the Chinese culture, the Chinese culture was the center and the foreign culture play a supporting role. Buddhism is no exception. Chinese have a traditional thought since ancient times, this thought was Chinese and Uncivilized nation. The place the Chinese were living was the center of the world as well as the surrounding peoples and nations were uncivilized nation. Chinese was orthodox and the representatives of the advanced culture. It had a strict distinction between Chinese and uncivilized nation. This distinction was also called"the distinction between Chinese and Uncivilized nation". It was initially belong to ethnic and geographical contradictions, later on mainly embodied as a cultural attitude. Buddhism was far from Tenjiku, it was naturally"the religion of uncivilized nation". Therefore, it had problems if Buddhism wanted to integrate into Chinese culture. After the introduction of Buddhism in China has withstood the test of"the distinction between Chinese and Uncivilized nation". The theory of"the distinction between Chinese and Uncivilized nation"became important manifestations of the conflict between Buddhism and the traditional Chinese culture. Tang Yongtong said:"Southern dynasties people had two fundamental theories in order to overthrow the Buddhism, the first one was the theory of the elimination of God, another was the theory of"Chinese and Uncivilized nation". The two sides had a heated debate because the two theories all can overthrow the Buddhism."In fact, the debate between Chinese and uncivilized nation related to the problem of Buddhism in China's social position and cultural position .It also related to the problem of the legitimacy of Buddhism.The theory of"the distinction between Chinese and Uncivilized nation"has a distinction between broad meaning and narrow meaning. Ever since Buddhism came to China, lot of people with the attitude of discrimination against the Buddhist. These people include not only the Taoists, including Confucian scholars. The theory of"the distinction between Chinese and Uncivilized nation"is a cultural heritage and social psychological, and it was also a kind of cultural discrimination. In general, this mentality what to treat Buddhism and foreign culture is called the theory of"the distinction between Chinese and Uncivilized nation"in broad meaning. This theory includs the debate of"Laozi educate Hu Tribe"which since Wei Dynasty and Jin Dynasty, the debate of"salmonella exposed right shoulder"and the debate of salmonella whether or not respected the King. It was the vigorous abolition of Buddhism in the northern dynasties. The Taoists and Buddhists conducted a long-term struggle about the problem of"the distinction between Chinese and Uncivilized nation"since song Dynasty,qi Dynasty and liang Dynasty all of them belong to Southern dynasties. Those struggles had theoretical significance and academic significance.The debate of"Chinese and Uncivilized nation"happened in Confucianism,Buddhism,Taoism is a Special form of expression about this problem in tradition. It is also the reflect of the relations between Confucianism,Buddhism,Taoism about the traditional Concept of"Chinese and Uncivilized nation".