Co-Existence and Convergence: Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism in the Book Cai Gen Tan

Fred Y. Ye

doi:10.4236/ojpp.2014.41001

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Co-Existence and Convergence: Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism in the Book Cai Gen Tan ()

Fred Y. Ye

iSchool, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.

DOI: 10.4236/ojpp.2014.41001 PDF HTML XML 6,185 Downloads 7,646 Views Citations

Abstract

Cai Gen Tan is a key book that fuses Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Written in essay form that integrates maxims and epigrams, the book Cai Gen Tan suggests ways toward a simple, peaceful, and quiet mind and life, while promoting philosophical values for contemporary society and communicating Eastern thoughts to Western world.

Keywords

Cai Gen Tan; Confucianism; Taoism; Buddhism

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Ye, F. (2014). Co-Existence and Convergence: Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism in the Book Cai Gen Tan. Open Journal of Philosophy, 4, 1-4. doi: 10.4236/ojpp.2014.41001.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

References

[1]	Jiang, J. S. (2001). Cai Gen Tan: My crude philosophy of life. Changsha: Hunan People’s Press (Chinese-English Bilingual Edition).
[2]	White, P. (2001). Tending the roots of wisdom. Beijing: New World Press (Chinese-English Bilingual Edition).