林兆恩历史观所折射出的“三教合一”思想研究

The Thought of “Three Religions in One” Reflected by Lin Zhaoen’s View of History

三一教作为一个由士人团体发展而来的民间教派，不同于其他以佛、道为主要教义基础的罗教、真空教等，具有鲜明的“儒教本位”特点。其教主林兆恩的理论中，最令人注目的部分就是以儒教统摄儒、释、道三教，并且将三教按次序划分，统摄到一种“立本-入门-极则”的秩序当中去。林兆恩曾经借其对于历史的评述来对“三教合一”进行阐发，他在论述中所体现的历史观折射出了他独特的“三教归儒”理论，并且一定程度上突破了儒教传统的崇古特点，为其教派发展奠定了坚定的理论基础。

As a folk sect developed by a group of scholars, the “Three-in-One” differs from other sects such as the Luozu Religion and the Vacuum Religion, whose main doctrines are based on Buddhism and Taoism, with a distinctive “Confucianism-based” character. The most striking part of the theory of its founder, Lin Zhaoen, is that he uses Confucianism to unify Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, and divides the three religions into an order of establishment, initiation, and extreme rule. What is striking is that Lin Zhaoen has used his historical commentary to expound on the “three religions in one”. The historical perspective embodied in his commentary reflects his unique theory of “three religions in Confucianism”, and to a certain extent, he has broken through the traditional Confucianism of reverence for the past, laying a firm theoretical foundation for the development of his sect.