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Discovering an Academic The Influence of Master Yinshun's Chan Research on Japanese Scholarship Y... more Discovering an Academic The Influence of Master Yinshun's Chan Research on Japanese Scholarship Yansheng he scott hurleY (translator) 1 1. IntroductIon Yinshun (印顺 1906-2005) is a great Buddhist thinker and master. 2 He is famous around the world for his achievements in Buddhist studies. Most of the previous writings on Yinshun concentrate on explaining and spreading his Humanistic Buddhism (renjian fojiao 人间佛教), but it is not common to see much writing on his contribution to the study of Buddhism. However, we will find that Yinshun's academic wisdom is most impressive when we read his famous writings such as Sublime Clouds Collection (Miao Yun Ji 妙云集). Therefore, we need to explore more of Yinshun's contributions to the study of Buddhism. This author believes that if Humanistic Buddhism among Buddhist circles across the Taiwan Strait is a kind of Buddhism of social practice, "discovered" (faxian 发现) as a result of the dilemma of Buddhism's encounter with "modernity," then Yinshun's History of Chinese Chan (Zhongguo chanzong shi 中国禅宗史) can be said to be the study of early Chan history influenced by the discovery of the Dunhuang 敦煌 materials at the beginning of the twentieth century-an event that was influential on international Chan studies. The "discovery" of the "academic" in the study of Chan has played an important role in the entire field of Chan studies.
Discovering an Academic The Influence of Master Yinshun's Chan Research on Japanese Scholarship Y... more Discovering an Academic The Influence of Master Yinshun's Chan Research on Japanese Scholarship Yansheng he scott hurleY (translator) 1 1. IntroductIon Yinshun (印顺 1906-2005) is a great Buddhist thinker and master. 2 He is famous around the world for his achievements in Buddhist studies. Most of the previous writings on Yinshun concentrate on explaining and spreading his Humanistic Buddhism (renjian fojiao 人间佛教), but it is not common to see much writing on his contribution to the study of Buddhism. However, we will find that Yinshun's academic wisdom is most impressive when we read his famous writings such as Sublime Clouds Collection (Miao Yun Ji 妙云集). Therefore, we need to explore more of Yinshun's contributions to the study of Buddhism. This author believes that if Humanistic Buddhism among Buddhist circles across the Taiwan Strait is a kind of Buddhism of social practice, "discovered" (faxian 发现) as a result of the dilemma of Buddhism's encounter with "modernity," then Yinshun's History of Chinese Chan (Zhongguo chanzong shi 中国禅宗史) can be said to be the study of early Chan history influenced by the discovery of the Dunhuang 敦煌 materials at the beginning of the twentieth century-an event that was influential on international Chan studies. The "discovery" of the "academic" in the study of Chan has played an important role in the entire field of Chan studies.