Three Developing Periods Of Master TaiXu’s Buddhist Thought

Master TaiXu is a model figure of modern Buddhist thought in the history of modern Chinese Buddhism.TaiXu’s modernistic Buddhism thought is embodied in the Buddhism practice theory centered on Humanistic Buddhism.This theory has evolved from the process of historical development.Master TaiXu wrote a speech draft named “How I Evaluated my own Buddhist thought ” divided into three periods.Therefore,the article based on TaiXu’s own Buddhism thought that divided into three periods,analyzed every phases of Buddhism thought evolution.The article is divided into four parts,the first chapter is the introduction;the second chapter is the first phase of TaiXu’s Buddhism thought(before 1914),which is the inheritance of traditional Buddhism;the third chapter is the second phase of TaiXu’s Buddhism thought(1915-1925).He made the initiative to transform Buddhism under the influence of the eastward development of Western learning.The forth chapter is the completion of the third phase of TaiXu’s Buddhism thought(1926-1947)and the completion of modern Buddhist theory.Finally,he put forward the Buddhism practice theory of Humanistic Buddhism.In my opinion,the three phases of the Buddhist philosophy of emptiness are the process from tradition to modern transformation,which provides reference for the theory and practice of the modern transformation of Chinese Buddhism thought.