國際化拓展與地方互動：新加坡視角中的太虛大師首次星洲行

International Expansion and Local Interaction: Singapore's Perspective of Master Taixu's First Journey to Singapore

紀贇(Ji Yun)

《無礙法界．正教弘傳：人間佛教在東亞與東南亞的傳佈》 2020年 (2020/04) Pp. 338-361

摘要

本文主要是通過當地報紙資料，來討論太虛大師1926年首次前往新加坡之行的背景。此次訪星主要是由星洲講經會、佛化新青年會與新加坡當地的民間社團推動。由於閩南僧團的封閉性因素，此次訪星本身不能算是特別成功，但是卻使太虛大師的弘法地域從江浙、湖北、與北京，拓展到了南方沿海。通過本文，筆者提出近現代佛教史中一些偶然性要素的重要性，以及其傳播方式的特殊性。

關鍵字

太虛大師 ； 新加坡 ； 地方社團 ； 偶然性

並列摘要

In this article I will discuss the social background of Master Taixu's first trip to Singapore in 1926, primarily based on material of local newspapers. The visit was mainly promoted by the Dharma Talk Society of Sin Chew(星洲講經會) , the Buddhist Youth Society (佛化新青年會)and the local Civil organizations, chambers of commerce, clan associations in Singapore. Due to the exclusiveness of Buddhist Sangha of Southern Min, the visit itself was not particularly successful, but it enabled the Master Taixu's geographical expansion of his influences from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, and Beijing to the southern coastal area of China. In this article, the author stresses the importance of some contingent elements in the history of modern Buddhism and the particularity of its mode of transmission.

並列關鍵字

Master Taixu ； Singapore ； Local Civil Organization ； contingency