由《大學》三綱領的詮釋探討日本江戶初期的儒學發展

Interpretations of the Daxue (大學 The Great Learning) diversified following Wang Yangming’s 王陽明 advocacy of the ancient edition. By the late Ming, this trend had formed a new phase of Four Books studies, and the rich interpretational resources this produced during the Ming were a direct influence on Japanese scholars of the Edo period. Among these, Fujiwara Seika 藤原惺窩 (1561-1619) quotes Lin Zhaoen’s 林兆恩 (1517-1598) Sishu biaozhai zhengyi (四書標摘正義 Interpretations of Remarks and Notes on the Four Books) in his own work Daigakuyouryaku (大學要略 Summary of the Great Learning). As the teacher of Hayashi Razan 林羅山 (1583- 1657), the father of Japanese Zhuzi 朱子 studies, Fujiwara Seika has been frequently referred to by his followers as a Zhuzi scholar. However, a read of Fujiwara’s own works reveals that his thought cannot be purely catagorized as of the Zhuzi School. Fujiwara Seika read many late Ming collected works that had been newly introduced in Japan. For him, these books were the latest scholarship from China. Unl