以教門為舟楫——毛寬偉《中庸集義評釋》與劉沅學說在臺傳播途徑蠡測

Denomination is like a vessel: the speculation about how the work Zhongyong Jiyi Pingshi written by Mao KuanWei and Liu Yuan theory spread in Taiwan

劉沅（1768-1855）作為晚清四川重要民間教派──劉門教之始祖，是近年來學界研究的焦點。然而，目前學界對於劉沅或劉門的研究，多半仍集中於其個人與教門本身，少有論及其學術思想之傳播者。本文所論，即藉由已故海洋大學榮譽教授毛寬偉（1937-2009）及其著作，探討劉沅學術在臺灣的傳播。文中首先探討毛寬偉《中庸集義評釋》中對於劉沅的態度，及引用、發揮劉沅學說之情況，認定其受劉沅影響頗深；進而藉現有文獻資料，探明毛寬偉之家世及教育背景，指出其所以接觸劉沅學說，應是與其具有民間教派背景的家學密切相關。最後，綜合審視毛寬偉，以及其他目前已知，臺灣受到劉沅學說影響之學者、人士案例，發現其後皆有民間教派背景。因此，本文乃提出假設：劉沅學術思想，是透過民間教門，渡海傳播至臺灣。所謂「以教門為舟楫」，即是此意。

"In recent years, the academic research is focused on Liu Yuan(1768-1855), the founder of Lioumenism, which was an important folk denomination in Sichuan Province in the late Qing Dynasty. However, currently, most of the research on Liu Yuan or Liou Men is still focused on the individual and the denomination itself, and few studies have discussed the spreader of its academic thought. This paper discusses the spread of Liu Yuan academic in Taiwan, which is centered on the late Mao KuanWei(1937-2009), an emeritus professor at National Taiwan Ocean University. Firstly, the paper discusses the attitude of Mao KuanWei towards Liu Yuan in Zhongyong Jiyi Pingshi, and the situation of his quoting and exerting of Liu Yuantheory, which concludes that he is deeply influenced by Liu Yuan. Then, based on the existing literature, this paper explores the family life and educational background of Mao KuanWei, and it points out the reason why he came into contact with Liu Yuan theory should be closely related to his family studies with a folk denomination background. Finally, by comprehensively examining the cases of Mao KuanWei and other known scholars and figures in Taiwan who were influenced by Liu Yuan theory, this paper discovers that they all had a folk denomination background. Therefore, this paper puts forward the hypothesis that the academic thought of Liu Yuanwas spread to Taiwan through the folk denomination. This is the meaning of the so-called “denomination is like a vessel”. "