Liang Qichao's The Philosophy of Laozi and Its Insights

The Philosophy of Laozi (1920) disseminates both the life philosophy that asserts the returning to the original nature of human beings in Laozi and the notion of Yi Xin Er Men(一心二门) in Mahayana-sraddhotpadasastra. It interprets Laozi's objective Dao as bhutatathata and the objective process of being from not-being as that everything is from human absurd ideas. Thus, it comes to a conclusion that to return to the original human nature is to wipe out the satkayadarsana so as to verify the Dao of nature. From the scientific vantagepoint, it is most unadvisable that Liang Qichao should study Daoism in terms of Buddhism, which used to be thought totally unrelated. But, considering his social responsibility as a thinker and a researcher of religion, we will have less difficulty in appreciating his work.