英文摘要 |
"The rise of Wang Xuanlan’s 王玄覽 (626-697) Xuanzhu lu 玄珠錄 coincided with the Chongxuan 重玄 (Twofold Mystery) trend of thought under contentions between Buddhism and Daoism in the Tang dynasty. Concerning the topic of the Chongxuan school, whether in ancient or contemporary times, a number of questions and criticisms have persisted and continue to attract much attention: Is the Dao of Chongxuan the ultimate substance of the universe? Xuanzhu lu integrates Buddhism and Daoism by, in one regard, inheriting the essentials of Laozi, and in another, dissolving the emptiness of Buddhism. Moreover, the issue of “Daoist substance” 道體 is re-emphasized. Buddhism is based on the “anti”-metaphysical thinking of emptiness, which incessantly questions the Daoist notion of “Daoist substance” (the Dao of Chongxuan), whether it is “being”/“non-being” or “entity”/“non-entity.”
The answer to this core question not only lies with the Chongxuan ideological trend of the Tang dynasty, exemplified by Cheng Xuanying 成玄英, Li Rong 李榮, Tang Xuanzong 唐玄宗, Du Guangting 杜光庭, and others who gradually became prominent from interpretations of both Laozi and Zhuangzi, but is also reinterpreted with a remarkable theoretical understanding within the system of Wang Xuanlan’s Xuanzhu lu from the early Tang dynasty. He developed a “new Daoism,” which is unique in its interpretation of “Daoist substance” as “emptiness as substance” 以空為體 and for the impermanence of Daoist nature, highlighting the conceptual transitions and interpretations regarding Daoist theory of the Tang dynasty. In this way, this topic of interest has led to reflections on whether the Dao of Chongxuan is a “metaphysical substance” in modern academic terms and on the gaps concerning interpretations or the amalgamation of fields caused by it. This study thus maintains that interpretations of Dao, regardless of being classical or contemporary, not only possess a “transitional” significance pertaining to the Chongxuan school of the Tang, but are also brimming with referential reflections on contemporary understandings." |