중국불교사의 연구동향과 전망

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to retrospect and summarize domesticand foreign researchers' achievements and performance on the ChineseBuddhism study that they had performed until a recent data since the2000s. Considering already conducted domestic studies and researches,the authors were able to understand that the interests about Buddhistdevotee's(居士, Grhapati) Buddhism, modern era period, Popular(民衆)Buddhism, and Pure Land(淨土) Buddhism were arisen and the studiesand researches were multifaceted and macro-scoped. The research andstudy trend of Buddhist community and Non-Buddhist communitywere quite different as well. For the foreign studies and researches, Chinese defines Buddhismas their thought and religion. Especially most of studies’ conductingviews are science of religion or their beliefs. Japanese researches andstudies much more lean to the relations between Japanese Buddhismand subjects such as popular belief, Pure Land Buddhism, and GrhapatiBuddhism. For the western countries’ studies and researches aregenerally about historical changes and belief of Buddhism. One of distinctions is that the Chinese Buddhism is based onSinology, Buddhist Studies, Indology, and the Science of Religion. Thestudy of Chinese Buddhism has to be proceeded with the universalapproaching attitude. This means without studies about Chinese history and Chinese thought, the studies of Chinese Buddhism can not beprogressed. For further studies about Chinese Buddhism should be consideredhistories of China, Chinese thought and philosophy, Chinese religion,Chinese literature, Tibet Buddhism and related problems. Also it needsto be conducted the related studies about Chinese arts and literature,Taoism, tradition tea ceremony culture, and the Archaeological Study. For the exploration of essence of Chinese Buddhism, it also have tobe considered periodical changes of popular beliefs, Buddhist music,ethical belief, annual events, and Buddhist rituals.