TU Xiao-shi's View of Religion

TU Xiao-shi is a famous expert in religious studies in the May Fourth Period.He interprets religion from man's inner spiritual needs,self-consciousness,intuition and emotion.He argues that the essence of religion is man's direct feeling of transcender,with its essence as a direct subjective experience.Religion has two roots:one is man's seek of moksa when facing natural or social constraints;the other is man's direct religious experience.Religioustranscenderis the highest ideal rather than ghosts as most Chinese intellectuals believed at that time.He claims that religion and science are not only complementary but also co-existent because the motivation of science is inseparable from religion,while religion can get rid of its superstitious parts with the help of science.