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Psychoanalysis of WANG An-shi's "Confucianism Is Ontology and Buddhism Is Function"

AI Xiao-yu

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In the processing mode of the relation between Confucianism and Buddhism,WANG An-shi is one scholar out of the Confucian scholars in the Song Dynasty.He was governed and benefited from and immersed in Buddhism.Facing this contradictory phenomenon,the scholars were illuminated from philosophy.But about the psychology course of this contradiction,they were never touched up.According to the need of hierarchy theory,reality principle and pleasure principle,mental threshold and ego defense mechanism,life instinct and death instnct,WANG An-shi integrated Confucianism and Buddhism into his mind.It seems contradictory,but actually it is harmonious.The result provides psychology reference for his complicated philosophy.

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In the processing mode of the relation between Confucianism and Buddhism,WANG An-shi is one scholar out of the Confucian scholars in the Song Dynasty.He was governed and benefited from and immersed in Buddhism.Facing this contradictory phenomenon,the scholars were illuminated from philosophy.But about the psychology course of this contradiction,they were never touched up.According to the need of hierarchy theory,reality principle and pleasure principle,mental threshold and ego defense mechanism,life instinct and death instnct,WANG An-shi integrated Confucianism and Buddhism into his mind.It seems contradictory,but actually it is harmonious.The result provides psychology reference for his complicated philosophy.

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In the processing mode of the relation between Confucianism and Buddhism,WANG An-shi is one scholar out of the Confucian scholars in the Song Dynasty.He was governed and benefited from and immersed in Buddhism.Facing this contradictory phenomenon,the scholars were illuminated from philosophy.But about the psychology course of this contradiction,they were never touched up.According to the need of hierarchy theory,reality principle and pleasure principle,mental threshold and ego defense mechanism,life instinct and death instnct,WANG An-shi integrated Confucianism and Buddhism into his mind.It seems contradictory,but actually it is harmonious.The result provides psychology reference for his complicated philosophy.

Key concepts: Buddhism, Philosophy, Contradiction, Pleasure, Instinct, Id, ego and super-ego, Ontology, Buddhist philosophy

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