Abstract: The “Chan Buddhism Fever” in 1980s was impacted by the Zen of Suzuki, which was popular in Europe and America at that time. In the particular social and historical conditions, Chan was promoted as an effective medicine with which individuals can perfect their personalities on their own. The rising and spread of “Chan Buddhism Fever” was necessary and reasonable. However, there is still much to do about analyzing the positive and negative aspects of Chan as cultural heritage in cultivating ideal personality and treating the relationship between group and individual so as to serve for the rising of China in the post-modern era.

Key words: &ldquo, Chan Buddhism Fever&rdquo, , Zen of Suzuki, sudden enlightenment, ideal personality, group and individual