Brief Analysis of the Comparison of the Connotation of National Defense Thought in Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism

Abstract

This study analyzes the thoughts of defending the nation in Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, and takes "Golden Light Sutra", "Tao Te Ching" and "The Analects of Confucius · Wei Zheng" as the core basis. Buddhism explains the relationship between the rise and fall of a country and the behavior of sentient beings through "cause and effect co-karma", and emphasizes that defending the country is a collective practice of purifying co-karma; Taoism upholds the principle of "Governance by Non-Action"and "The Dao is Spontaneous", advocating reducing human intervention; Confucianism takes "rule by virtue"as its core and attaches importance to the construction of ideology and social ethics. Through comparison, it is found that the three have their own characteristics and complement each other in the construction of rule legitimacy, the transformation of sacred narrative and the way of caring for sentient beings. In-depth exploration of these thoughts is of great significance to excavate ancient Chinese governance wisdom and provide enlightenment for modern social governance.