하형양의 불교 인과응보설의 도덕적 함의에 대한 비판 연구

Abstract

Although the Buddhist theories of life and death and rebirth and causality have a wide variety of ethical implications, it is also undeniable that they contain relatively numerous problems related to moral meaning. To be more specific, regardless of whether ordinary people do good deeds to lead a pleasant and happy life in heaven, or do not dare to do evil because they do not want to go to hell and suffer pain, all of these things are facts that have no moral value. And over a long period of time, under the influence of this notion of reward and punishment, people have made it the highest principle of action for everyone to seek profit and avoid loss. It has acted as a fundamental factor in the chaos and destruction of order. He Heng Yang realized the importance of issues related to moral meaning in the process of arguing with Buddhist figures. In the process of analyzing the moral implications of Saṃsāra and retributive justice in Buddhism, He Heng Yang refuted the theoretical basis of Buddhism's causality and retribution theory with the morality and justice concepts of Confucianism. This can be said to have a considerable level of theoretical critique. He Heng Yang 's moral ideology is a critique of Buddhist ethics from the standpoint of Confucianism while Buddhism was popularized with national support during the Southern Dynasties of China. These ideas of He Heng Yang actively defended Confucianism during the Northern and Southern Dynasties in China, when Confucianism had not exerted its influence properly. He also criticized Buddhism in his defense of Confucianism. This point is historically significant. In addition, it can be said that it is meaningful in that it preserved the seeds that could revive Confucianism during the Shui-Tang period.