Religion And Science:Chen Ying Ning’s Celestial Learning Research

Based on Chen Ying Ning’scelestial learning as the center, by investigating its scientific positivism, discussed the modern religion in the scientific socialism under the impact of adjustment and response.Since the early years of the 20 th century, western scientism thoughts spread in China, including Taoist religion is hit. In order to adapt to the situation, Chen Ying ning advocating celestial learning independence and fairy scientific evidence-based celestial learning, the scientific transformation, the celestial learning thoughts of Taoism has played an important role in the modern transformation. Scientific empirical analysis Chen Ying Ning’scelestial learning school of idealist philosophy of the content, to meet Chen Ying Ning’s celestial learning thought and the relationship between religion and science in modern has a certain significance.This article from Ying Chen ning’s thought and practice two aspects to discuss, in full except introduction and conclusion, chapter four. The introduction part introduces the significance of this topic, the research dynamic and the innovation of this article. First chapter is to investigate the impact of the May 4th scientific socialist ideological trend and Taoism. Scientific socialism ideological trend of rise, after criticism of religion and Taoism, Taoist to bring very great impact. To maintain the independence and development of Taoism, gratefulness challenge to build modern Taoist organizations, participation in the Chinese revolution, trying to revive the Taoism culture and other countermeasures.The second chapter and the third chapter around Chen Ying Ning’scelestial learning thought empirical aspects, discusses Ying Chen ning scientifictransformation of fairy and Taoism. Chapter two fairy from the following empirical experiments to learn, Ying Chen ning gave the celestiallearningto learn scientific content, fairy study brings out the real confirmed the characteristics of the repair. Celestial learning to learn the science of uniting the way is concrete, uniting the practical is not the case, each phase has its definite uniting the testimonies, and the same celestial learningscholars practice throughout all have time. celestial learninglearning thought and introducing modern scientific rational spirit fairy learning ideas, use scientific stand, viewpoint and method of sorting and summary, theory of Taoist immortals with strong superstition color change is already close to science and special class science and natural science are different.The third chapter discuss Ying Chen ning, Dan scientific study on try, including internal Dan drugs, clean and trim, small big Sunday, heel interest to try scientific empirical explanation. Ying Chen ning spare no effort to promote internal Dan to learn, and to promote it to the height of the academic, try to change before the core essence of Taoism "Dan study" reveals the negative impression of negative bishi, advocating the tank learn academic and scientific. The fourth chapter from the aspects of practice, discuss Ying Chen ning’s scientific evidence-based promotion of celestial theory and its influence. New celestial learning promotion way is mainly to reward good semimonthly, monthly bulletin of sendoh and celestial learning college and Ying Chen ning on the folk Taoist and Taoism propaganda organization’s activities. Ying Chen ning try to adjust the relationship of science and Taoism, with the scientific rational perspective to transform learning, health aspects of the development of Taoism academic research, the way of study can be considered to be advanced at the time of positive, see celestial learning to learn as a special science, the modern life science has a pioneering role to the modern transformation of Taoism to try to make important efforts. Epilogue summarizes the full text, Chen Ying Ning’scelestial learning positivism thoughts and its scientific transformation of Taoism, made a beneficial attempt to the modern transformation of Taoism, and also to discuss the relationship between religion and science in modern provides the beneficial reference. Ying Chen ning is regarded as the typical representative of modern religious modernization reform, is also a flag bearer is the modern Taoist spiritual leader and Taoism culture.