THE HARMONIOUS AGGREGATE OF BUDDHISM AND CONFUCIANISM OF ZEN MASTER HƯƠNG HẢI IN THE EAST ASIAN CONTEXT

Tóm tắt

From the phenomena of “Three Teachings emerge from one source” in the history of Vietnamese thought, the article is the first step to explore within the scope of “Buddhist - Confucian aggregate” in the verses of Zen master Hương Hải. The Zen master contributed to the direction of thought of his time, specifically the “Buddhist - Confucian aggregate.” Zen master Hương Hải had few poetic works. However, his poemssufficienty help readers understand the idea of “Buddhist - Confucian aggregate” in the relationship of the Three Teachings from a multi-dimensional aspects of education, culture, religion, social politics, and self-cultivation. His poems also affirm the compatibility between the ideologies in the Three Teachings. The most prominent is the Buddha - Confucian relationship. The compatibility was an inevitable phenomenon in Vietnam in particular and East Asia in general.