Journal of Dali University ›› 2021, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (11): 65-72.

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The tudy of the Sino-Japanese Buddhism Dialogue in the Period of the Eastward Crossing of Fujian

Monks and the Edo Period Take the Eastward Spread of Huangbo Sect as an Example

  

  • Received:2022-09-29 Online:2021-11-15 Published:2021-12-26

Abstract: In the year of 1654, a famous Chinese Buddhist monk Yin Yuan traveled to Japan, and then he founded the Huangbo Sect, a Japanese Buddhist sect, which not only injected vitality into Japanese Buddhism, but more importantly, the Huangbo culture, derived from the the Huangbo Sect, played an important role in promoting various aspects of Japanese society besides literature, art, painting and calligraphy, architecture in Edo era. What is more, its influence even went deep into the daily life of Japanese citizens, reflecting a high degree of integration with Japanese culture. On the basis of comparative analysis of the policy factors, religious development needs, navigation conditions and other historical backgrounds of those Monks' eastward sea-voyage to Japan in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, this paper focuses on the development of  Huangbo Sect after Yin Yuan's eastward crossing. The spread of Huangbo Sect toJapanand its influence on the development of Japanese society can be deeply studied from the perspective of Japanization of Chinese Zen Buddhism.