유식논사 대현(⼤賢)의 성(性)과 상(相)의 이해 - 『성유식론학기』와 『대승기신론내의략탐기』를 중심으로 -

Abstract

Taehyŏn (ca. eighth century CE), a renowned Buddhist monk of Silla Korea, is known as a Yogācāra master. In East Asia the Yogācāra school, which was established on the basis of Xuanzang (602-664)’s new translations of Buddhist literature, is generally designated as the dharma characteristics (C. Faxiang, K. Pŏpsang) school, in distiction from which the Yogācāra schools formed before Xuanzang. Taehyŏn, who belongs to the Yogācāra tradition after Xuanzang, also considered as a master of the Dharma Characteristics school. In East Asia, however, ‘Characteristics school (Xiang zong)’, i.e., the Dharma Characteristics school, is regarded as doctrinally antagonistic against the so-called ‘Nature school (Xing zong)’, such as Madhayamaka, Tathāgatagrbha, and Hwaŏm (C. Huayan). In this regard, Taehyŏn’s doctrinal position has been controversial, because his thought contains both elements of the Characteristics school and the Nature school. The conflict between Taehyŏn’s thought and the traditional bifurcation between the Characteristics school and the Nature school requires a new vision on the relationship between ‘characteristics’ and ‘nature’. Considering this problem, this article explores Taehyŏn’s views on these two concepts, by analyzing his commentaries on the two representative treatises on characteristics and nature, that is, the Cheng Wei Shi Lun and the Awakening of Faith, respectively.