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The institutional construction of the revivalism of modern Buddhism from the perspective of the reformation of Taixu

Yang Wei-zhong

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From the perspective of history,Chinese Buddhism was borrowed from Indian Buddhism when India Buddhism developed into a mature stage.As an extra religion,Buddhism faced the strong influence of Confucianism in China.What attracted the interests of Chinese intellectuals were the thoughts of Buddhism,not the system.Because of the cultural differences,the system of Indian Buddhism was not suitable to the development of Buddhism in China.The system of Chinese Buddhism had its own features and it was not developed.The construction of the system was important to the spread of Buddhism in China.When Chinese traditional society faced the transformation,it was necessary for Chinese Buddhism had the reformation.However,in the complicated political and social environment,the Revivalism of Buddhism launched by Taixu was not successful.The theory and the practices of the Revivalism were meaningful.

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From the perspective of history,Chinese Buddhism was borrowed from Indian Buddhism when India Buddhism developed into a mature stage.As an extra religion,Buddhism faced the strong influence of Confucianism in China.What attracted the interests of Chinese intellectuals were the thoughts of Buddhism,not the system.Because of the cultural differences,the system of Indian Buddhism was not suitable to the development of Buddhism in China.The system of Chinese Buddhism had its own features and it was not developed.The construction of the system was important to the spread of Buddhism in China.When Chinese traditional society faced the transformation,it was necessary for Chinese Buddhism had the reformation.However,in the complicated political and social environment,the Revivalism of Buddhism launched by Taixu was not successful.The theory and the practices of the Revivalism were meaningful.

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From the perspective of history,Chinese Buddhism was borrowed from Indian Buddhism when India Buddhism developed into a mature stage.As an extra religion,Buddhism faced the strong influence of Confucianism in China.What attracted the interests of Chinese intellectuals were the thoughts of Buddhism,not the system.Because of the cultural differences,the system of Indian Buddhism was not suitable to the development of Buddhism in China.The system of Chinese Buddhism had its own features and it was not developed.The construction of the system was important to the spread of Buddhism in China.When Chinese traditional society faced the transformation,it was necessary for Chinese Buddhism had the reformation.However,in the complicated political and social environment,the Revivalism of Buddhism launched by Taixu was not successful.The theory and the practices of the Revivalism were meaningful.

Key concepts: Buddhism, China, Perspective (graphical), Chinese buddhism, Politics, Chinese society, Religious studies, Sociology

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