What do you mean, the old Buddha is harmful to Taoism?

Tang Yuanzhen's "Narrating Poems to Send Lotte Road": "It is not surprising that the great master fanned each other by sound and extended to the old Buddha." Song and Zhu's preface to the doctrine of the mean: "The heresy says that the new moon is prosperous, and the disciples of the old Buddha are out, which is close to confusion."

Especially the Empress Dowager Cixi in Qing Dynasty.

Selected Materials of China's Modern History: Jingshan Diary: "The old Buddha issued an imperial edict, saying that he would change his position." See "Lafayette". It should be pointed out that Qian Dehong's chronology is related to the Trial Record of Rural Shandong, and later scholars also believe that there are common problems in writing biographies or chronicles for Wang Yangming. "Chronology 1" said: "All the trial records were written by Mr. ... whose strategy was to discuss the ritual and music system of the national dynasty: the old Buddha harmed the Tao because the sage was unknown; Lack of discipline, due to the abuse of famous instruments; Too hasty in employing people and too hasty in seeking results; There are laws on enfeoffment, Rong Qing, defending the enemy and litigation. " [17] This passage has a great influence on later generations. When writing biographies or chronicles for Wang Yangming, most scholars cite it to prove that Shandong Rural Trial Record was written by Wang Yangming. Or inherit his point of view to analyze Wang Yangming's thoughts at that time. [18] But a closer look at his point of view shows that all the relevant items made by Qian Dehong are taken from candidates' answers, and it is undoubtedly wrong to regard them as Wang Yangming's thoughts [19].

Thirdly, some scholars use these materials from the perspective of the evolution of Yangming's whole academic thought, especially the relationship between Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and the relevant conclusions must also be discriminated. For example, Zhong, a scholar in Taiwan Province, thinks that Yang Ming's Record of Rural Examination in Shandong shows that Yang Ming has completely returned to the position of Confucianism, and the Record of Rural Examination in Shandong represents Yang Ming's understanding and attainments of Confucianism before he realized Taoism in Longchang. [20] Zhen Wu put forward three views on this trial transcript: First, the trial transcript emphasized the importance of the theory of "respect", indicating that Wang Yangming's thought was still influenced by Cheng at this time. However, it was also at this time that Yang Ming used the word "mind learning" for the first time, which is worth noting. Secondly, according to the belief that "the way of the world is enough", Yang Ming believes that when scholars argue about the way of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, it is important to clarify the way of Confucius and Mencius in order to overcome various disadvantages within Confucianism. This thought of Yang Ming is very important, and it is a starting point for Yang Ming to dare to challenge Zhuzi later. Thirdly, Yang Ming and Zhan Ruoshui became close friends, fascinated by Cheng Hao's thought that "the benevolent should be integrated with the universe", and expressed their desire to advocate "learning from the wise". This is in line with Yang Ming's request in Shandong Rural Trial Record that people should always reflect on their own hearts and strive to clarify that the Holy Way is a spirit. [2 1] Zhang Gang cited materials to prove that Confucianism regards Buddhism as a scourge, which is different from Confucianism. Wang Yangming believes that Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are different, but they are essentially the same. [22] The views of the above three people, Zhong's, are in line with Wang Yangming's academic progress, and the only mistake is that he thinks that "Shandong Rural Trial Record" was written by Wang Yangming. The first two points of Wu Zhen's trichotomy and the arguments of Zhang Gang's viewpoint are based on the candidates' experience, which can't truly reflect Yang Ming's thought and are both insufficient.

Thirdly, because the existing materials of Wang Yangming's Book of Changes are very limited, and the Shandong Rural Trial Record contains two articles, Natural Heaven and Acquired Contradiction, and the sage is the person who unearthed Luo's book, so these two articles are naturally valued by scholars who study Wang Yangming's Yi-ology thoughts. Mr. Zhu Bokun, Mr. Wen Haiming, Mr. Yang Yueqing, Mr. Zhang Pei and others all cited the above two materials to analyze Wang Yangming's works. The idea of library science has never been mentioned elsewhere in Wang Yangming's complete works. Based on these two materials, it is undoubtedly difficult to draw a conclusion.