Yang Hui-nan, an assistant professor of philosophy at National Taiwan University, believes that one of the reasons for Buddhism's current resurgence and its popularity with many intellectuals is the many points it shares in common with traditional Confucian and Taoist thought.
楊惠南認為，目前學佛風氣所以盛行，並有不少知識分子投入，其中原因之一，正是因為佛理中有許多精神與中國傳統的儒、道思想有共通之處。