現代佛學研究建構了新的佛教史觀，漢傳佛教傳統的圖式已經遭到挑戰，《阿含經》不再是小乘經典，而是佛教的根本教典。印順法師在修學的過程中，承襲佛教現代化思潮的影響，致力於佛陀本懷的探索，使之契合於現代社會。他站在大乘佛教的立場，本著「大小通談，融求的當」的態度，一方面揚舉《阿含經》的重要性，一方面破斥小乘學者的偏見，為正確理解大乘佛教的意義與價值，提供了卓越而豐富的成績。在印順法師的影響下，台灣的漢傳佛教學者出現了學習《阿含經》的熱潮。在印順法師既有成就的基礎上，漢傳佛教傳統宗教如何進一步在重視《阿含經》阿含的前提下，重新詮釋自己傳統的價值，是下一個可以努力的課題。

Schema of Buddhist history in traditional Chinese Buddhism had been challenged by Modern Buddhist studies. The Agama is no longer the Hinayana scriptures, but the original Buddhism classic. According to this new development, Yin Shun researched what is the real meaning of Buddhism and how to practice it in the modern society. He stood in the position of Mahayana, and kept the attitude of “both Mahayana and Hinayana are correct”, to emphasize the importance of Agama, but criticized the bias of Hinayana scholars. Through this way, he provided an excellent and rich result to correctly understand the meaning and value of Mahayana. Under the influence of Yin Shun, Chinese Buddhist scholars in Taiwan learning Agama had been all the rage. On the basis of existing achievement of Yin Shun, the next issue that can be discussed by traditional Chinese Buddhism is how to look at Agama seriously and at the same time reinterpret her own traditional value.