They longed for science and democracy on one hand and they were equally troubled with nihility, an inevitable result of Modernity.

• 透过现代性视阈的考察,我们看到东亚佛教思想家们面对西方现代性挑战时,表现出了复杂的矛盾心情:一方面,他们对科学、民主深表向往,另一方面又对现代性所导致的虚无深表忧虑。