中國佛教發展至晚明,似乎呈現出一片復興的景象。似晚明禪林而言,禪門宗師都 希望能有所作為,打開新局面。漢月法藏禪師在這大時代中,著書立說,為振興禪風而提出新的 見解。 本文探討漢月禪法之形成與特色,考察其堅持「臨濟宗旨」的背景,及其對「臨濟宗旨」內容 的看法,並說明漢月如何將其禪法特色-對五家綱宗之肯定,落實於教學之中。 漢月後人繼承其禪法,所形成的三峰宗派家風,在明末清初禪林中,具有相當之影響力,漢月禪 法在中國禪宗史上居有重要之地位,不容忽視。而漢月一生努力保持祖師禪風之純粹性,及提 倡以「宗旨」勘驗悟境基準的卓越見解,似乎也提供我們今日關懷禪風興衰之際,作更深一層 的省思。

　　　　　The Chinese Buddhism seems to appear a revival image in late Ming Dynasty. In terms of the Ch'an School of Late Ming Dynasty, all the Ch'an masters wished to perform some achievements in order to open a new front. In this great time, Ch'an Master Han-yueh Fa-tsang wrote books and established his theory in order to point out new understanding for the revival of Ch'an practice. This paper investigates the formation and characteristics of the Ch'an shills of Han-yueh, examines the background of his insistence on "the objectives of Lin-chi School", and explains how Han-yueh implemented the characteristics of his Ch'an skills-the recognization of the essentials of the five sects-in his training and teaching. The style of San-fon School, which was formed by his successors, was very influential among the Ch'an monasteries of Late Ming and Early Ch'ing Dynasties. The Ch'an skills of Han-yueh occupies an important status in the history of Chinese Ch'an School. It is unnegligible. On the other hand, his outstanding viewpoint of preserving the pureness of the ch'an style of ancient masters, and promoting the examination of the state of realization by means of "the objectives of Lin-chi School" seems to offer us a deeper reflection when we concern about the rise and fall of Ch'an style today.