Also known as Master Mou's Treatise Settling Doubts, Mou-tzu on the Settling of Doubts, Mou-tzu's Treatise on the Removal of Doubt, Mou-tzu's Treatise on the Elimination of Delusion, Master Mou’s Treatise for the Removal of Doubts, Mouzi's Correction of Errors, Disposing of Error, Dispelling Doubts
Chinese Buddhist apologetic work in the form of a dialogue between Mouzi and an unnamed Chinese critic questioning Buddhism, who accepts Buddhism by the end
CBC@: Text: 牟子理惑論, Mouzi li huo lun
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《牟子理惑论》,又叫《理惑论》、《牟氏理惑论》、《牟子》,是中国最早的佛教论书,相传由东汉牟子著述。全书以问答体写就,回答了儒家思想对佛教的偏见和诘问,体现了佛教初传中国时的思想面貌,被认为是了解佛教初传中国之情况,研究中国佛教形成和发展的重要文献。 全书凡39章,主要围绕佛和儒的“剃髮出家与行孝之争”、“不婚无嗣与礼教之争”、“神灭与神不灭之争”展开——简单而言即“夷夏之争”,最终落到佛道儒三教一致的观点上。《理惑论》内容所涉交州(今越南)风俗、中国人对佛教的偏见等,与魏晋汉时期状况符合,诸多提问是魏晋南北朝时佛教与道教、儒家争论的焦点,论据论点也没能突破当时的藩篱,还是六朝以前的观点。
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