Attachment as the Origin of Suffering: The Theoretical Premise and Approaches of Chi-Tsang’s Exegetical System

• Main Authors: Kai-Ting Chien, 簡凱廷
• Other Authors: 林麗真
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/74930105420491893542

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 中國文學研究所 === 96 === This paper aims at investigating how Chi-Tsang, as a “yi chieh”(義解) monk, interprets the teachings recorded in various Buddhist scriptures in order to establish a system that encompasses the texts written from divergent positions and reasoning. First of all, an investigation of Chi-Tsang’s historical figure and its relation to San-Lun Buddhism is undertaken in order to secure the most salient features and limits of Chi-Tsang’s thought. Secondly, Chi-Tsang’s historical task is defined through analysis of biographical records and his own writings. The primary focus is given to the fundamental principle of Chi-Tsang’s exegetical system and what ensues from it, in order to highlight his theoretical premise and exegetical approaches as latent themes. On the basis of the preliminary analysis aforementioned, and in accordance with the themes of “Buddhist-Daoist interfusion,” “Meditation,” and “Pan-chiao,” this study attempts to clarify the relation between Chi-Tsang’s thought and Daoism, the legend that Chi-Tsang is “less observant of Buddhist precept than being profligate,” as well as his claim that “the Lotus Sutra has already pronounced the teaching of Buddha Nature.” The present study hopes to uncover the core of Chi-Tsang’s exegesis system and makes meaningful response to contemporary interpretive discourses on Chi-Tsang’s thought.