Mysticism and Logic in Seng-Chao's Thought
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9214840 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard H Robinson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1958 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3/4 |
| Pages | 99 |
| Publication date | 1958-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy East and West (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8221 • E-ISSN: 1529-1898 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1397446 |
| OpenAlex | W2317039612 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
ANYONE WHO has followed in the pages of this journal the serpentine course of the disputes between Dr. D. T. Suzuki and his opponents will readily appreciate the confusion that beset Chinese Buddhist intellectuals around A.D. 400. As Seng-chao (374-414)1 likening his times to Aryadeva's, says, At that time, the Thrthikas [non-Buddhists] ran riot, heterodoxies arose in conflict, and perverse debates imperilled the truth, so that the Right Way was nearly lost in confusion.2 For Seng-chao and his contemporaries, Nigdrjuna and Aryadeva were the long-awaited guides to the Right Way. However, the modern disputants cannot share the ancients' assumption that there actually is one final answer. Neither the two Indian bodhisattvas nor their Chinese disciples can be taken as beacons in our contemporary debates on the relationship of the mystical to the rational. Nevertheless, in the process of analyzing the fifth-century Chinese analogues, certain aspects of this topical problem will be clarified. The muddle of Seng-chao's day arose from inattention to the offices that terms occupy in systems, from handling concepts promiscuously apart from their defining contexts. This was only to be expected in the intellectual flux of China around A.D. 400. New philosophical systems were being introduced from India, contradicting each other, and all claiming the adherence of Chinese Buddhists. Native Chinese thought was still in a state of riotous disequilibrium consequent upon the overthrow of Han orthodoxies. Thinkers were inventing, syncretizing, and synthesizing. Fashions in thought changed decade by decade. In this flux, excited but intellectually insecure monks alternately glorified the achievements of their day and lamented the corruption and instability of their degenerate age. This is
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1969 - 2024 (56) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |