此論文是筆者於《中華佛學學報》第十期發表的〈西來庵事件前後臺灣佛教的動 向〉之後,繼續以曹洞宗為中心,來探討它與臺灣佛教僧侶的互動關係。在此論文中筆者以臺 南開元寺傳芳師(包括本圓師在內)、基隆月眉山靈泉寺善慧師、以及苗栗大湖法雲寺覺力師 為主,來了解當時所謂臺灣佛教三大派,與日本佛教的互動關係。在此需要先申明的,是此論文 在時代來說,是設定在明治28年(1895)到昭和10年(1935)之間,理由是開元寺派早已在大正 6年4月之後,轉歸屬臨濟宗,且覺力師於昭和8年(1933)6月圓寂;還有善慧師的人生舞臺, 也遠離臺灣轉向福建、東南亞的緣故。 如拙文〈西來庵事件前後臺灣佛教的動向〉所述,曹洞宗僧侶來臺布教的初期,與臺灣佛教寺 院締結了本末的關係,因此能有效地使用當地的佛教資源。之後,雖因政府政策的調整,曹洞宗 與臺灣寺廟的本末關係產生了變化,但卻也促使曹洞宗僧侶在臺開始覓地建寺,開拓自己的資 源。雖是如此,在整個大環境中,曹洞宗在臺的勢力,仍然是凌駕於其他宗派,加上本土的佛教 僧侶受戒的道場,如佐佐木珍龍《從軍實歷夢遊談》所調查的,有「福建省的鼓山涌泉寺、怡 山長慶寺,其他有天童山、天臺山、補陀山」(頁92)。其中,以赴鼓山涌泉寺者占大多數,而 鼓山涌泉寺是為中國曹洞宗的道場。或許是屬同一法脈,同時也因日本曹洞宗來臺,較他宗取 得天時之便,曹洞宗與臺灣佛教僧侶或齋友的互動,對日後臺灣佛教的發展有何影響,是值得 吾人研究探討的課題。

　　　　　This article follows up my earlier article, "The His-lai-an Incident and the Development of Taiwanese Buddhism with Special Reference to the Soto School," published in the tenth issue of the Chung-Hwa Buddhist Journal. It continues to center on Soto Zen and discusses the monks of this school and their interaction with Buddhist monks in Taiwan. I focus my discussion on leading figures of the Soto Zen movement in Taiwan such as Master Chuan-fang of the Kai-yuan Temple in Tainan (including Master Ben-yuan), Master Shan-hui of the Ling quan Temple on Mt. Yue-mei, Keelung, and Master Jue-li of the Fa-yun Temple in Ta-hu, Miao-li. I evaluate the interactive relationship between the so-called "Three Major Schools of Taiwanese Buddhism" and the Japanese Soto School. I want to point out that I have chosen to cover the time span of forty years beginning from 1895, the twenty-eighth year of the Meiji Period, to 1935, the tenth year of the Showa period, because three major events occurred in this period which negatively affected Soto Zen expansion in Taiwan: 1) as early as April 1917, the sixth year of the Taisho period, the Kai-yuan School left the Japanese Soto School and joined the Japanese Lin-ji School, 2) Master Jue-li died in 1933, the eighth year of the Showa period, and 3) Master Shan-hui moved from Taiwan to Fujian. As I mentioned in "the His-lai-an Incident and the Development of Taiwanese Buddhism with Special Reference to the Soto School;" monks of the Soto School, at the initial period of spreading their teachings in Taiwan, established a root-and-branch relationship with numerous Taiwanese Buddhist monasteries. This relationship allowed them to make use of Buddhist resources there, to develop and expand their own resources, and to construct new temples. The Soto School expanded more quickly in Taiwan than other Japanese Buddhist schools because it was the first Japanese sect to arrive in Taiwan and also its roots were in Mainland China, which allowed it to be more easily received by the Taiwanese. Even several leading Taiwanese Soto monks received their ordinations in Chinese Cao-dong (Soto Sect) monasteries, which included the Yong-guan Temple of Gu Mountain in Fujian Province, where the majority of the Taiwanese Soto monks received their ordinations, the Chang-ging Temple of Yi Mountain, Tian-tong Mountain, Tian-tai Mountain, and pu-tuo Mountain, all off them are noted in Sasaki Chinryu's Ch'ung-chun shih-li meng-yu t'an (p.92). Due to its advantages of an earlier establishment in Taiwan and its Chinese origins, the Japanese Soto School developed a significant relationship with Taiwanese monasteries. The substantial interaction between Soto Zen monks and Taiwanese monks along with their patrons and its influence on the development of Buddhism in Taiwan are of great significance and merit close examination in this article.