China's Confucian Cultural Papers
The influence of the confluence of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism on China society (I) The influence of the confluence of the three religions on the feudal economy of China. It strengthens the value orientation of internal and external physical and mental harmony necessary for peasant associations, and maintains the harmony between people, nature and people. Confucian culture rarely talks about the unity of man and nature, while family culture takes advocating "nature" as the first priority, which just makes Confucian culture lack in this respect. At the same time, Taoism also obtained the theoretical results of interpersonal harmony from Confucianism. Under the intermediary of Buddhist culture, these two concepts of different values provided strong cultural support for the continuation and development of the patriarchal clan system economy in China in the Middle Ages. (2) The influence of the confluence of the three religions on China's feudal politics. The unity of the three religions not only makes the feudal ideology completely realize the trinity of politics, philosophy and ethics, but also presents a four-dimensional intertwined pattern of politics, philosophy, ethics and religion. It can be said that the establishment of the confluence pattern of the three religions has strengthened China's feudal centralization and absolutism unprecedentedly, that is, politics has shown a tendency of dictatorship. Moreover, taking politics as the social standard has since become the basic feature of China's feudal society. The confluence of the three religions also plays an important role in the unified political structure. (3) The influence of the confluence of the three religions on the cultural development of China. Confucianism, which inherited Confucian classics in the pre-Qin period, Confucian classics in the Middle East period and metaphysics in Wei and Jin dynasties, as well as Buddhism and Taoism in the separation period of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties and Song and Ming Dynasties, is the theme of China's cultural development in an important period. Chinese civilization has lasted for thousands of years and has always maintained its own continuity and unified development, which obviously has a lot to do with Confucianism. In art, painting and many other aspects, the integration of the three religions has had a certain impact, which deserves our serious study. [7]244-250 The inextricable links among Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism were vividly interpreted in the process of their integration. The three religions also played an important role in the traditional culture of China, running through the whole Middle Ages. It is necessary for us to study and understand them in order to better analyze their relationship and better understand traditional culture.