佛学的炽盛促成了程颐天理论的出台。佛学为程早年的“二本”框架、心本论及贯其一生的理本论的营造提供了丰厚的形式资源。程颐的天理论即是程用抽象继承法承继佛学思辩形式重构儒家伦理的产物。程的天理论有一个从心本理本并重到专宗理本的扬弃过程 The blooming of Buddhism contributed to the introduction of Cheng Yi-day theory. Buddhism provides a wealth of formal resources for the “two books” framework in the early years of the journey. Cheng Yi’s Theory of Heaven is the product of using Cheng’s abstract succession to inherit the Buddhist thought-provoking form and reconstructing Confucian ethics. Cheng’s Theory of Heaven has a sublation from the heart of the book to this sub-par