英文摘要 |
In The Relationship between Zhuzi and Wang Yangming: On “The Investigation of Things and the Extension of Knowledge”(gewuzhizhi, 格物致知) and Their Holistic Thoughts, Dai Junren stated that one of his motivations for writing the articlewas to respond to The Debate on the Annotation of the Great Learning (da xue, 大學) and the Development of the Thoughts on the Investigation of Things and the Extension of Knowledgepublished by Tang Junyi in the Tsing Hua Journal of Chinese Studies. However, aside from a mere mention of Tang’s conclusion, the article included no further investigation. Both renowned for theirsignificance in pioneering contemporary studies of Confucian classics and philosophy, Dai and Tang demonstrate in triguing differences and similarities in their respective arguments on Wang Yangming’s philosophy. This paper therefore regards this in complete attempt and gap in the literature as worthy of exploration on its own and as a direction for future studies. The research procedure of this paper is divided in to foursections as follows. First, an outline of the review is presented, concerning the thoughts on gewuzhizhi observed in Dai’s article. Second, this study investigated how Dai analyzed the flawsin Yangming’s criticism of the theories of Zhuzi and Lu Xiangshanon gewu. Moreover, this study compared Dai’s argument with that ofTang and specifically analyzed the differences and similarities intheir perspectives on gewuzhizhi. Finally, this paper concludes withare thinking of the implications of similarities in their perspectives inthe field of Confucian studies. |