Continental philosophy, beginning with Kant, has found itself exposed to the abyss of reason. This crisis makes it a more ready dialogue partner with some of the Zen tradition. I explore this opening by bringing Eihei Dōgen (1200–1253) into an encounter with Continental thought, broadly construed. Rather than demonstrate how Dōgen already fits within Continental thought or re-engineering the latter so that he can fit, I argue that this encounter, already precipitated by Continental philosophy’s own acknowledgement of the felix culpa of Western philosophy’s otherwise indefensible overreach, transforms and expands the manners in which thinking counts as philosophical. This is no less than to recover a sense of philosophy as genetic and creative, rather than a shopworn tool kit of universal insights.

始于康德的大陆哲学发现自己陷入了理性的深渊。这场危机使它成为与某些禅宗传统更容易对话的伙伴。我通过将EiheiDōgen（1200–1253）与广泛理解的大陆思想相遇来探讨这种开放。我并没有证明道根已经如何适应大陆思想或对其进行重新设计以使他能够适应，我认为这次遭遇是大陆哲学自己承认西方哲学的费利克斯·卡尔帕（Felix culpa）对西方哲学的无可辩驳的过度伸张所促成的，改变并扩展了这种思想。思维被视为哲学的方式。这无非是要恢复一种既具有遗传性又具有创造力的哲学感，而不是恢复一种具有普遍见解的破旧工具包。