儒學為本，釋、老次之：柳宗元的思想認知與定位

Confucianism as the foundation, Buddhism and the Taoism secondary: Liu Zongyuan'sideological Recognition and Position

中唐時期，柳宗元是位有哲學思辨能力的思想家。他曾經有過「統合儒釋」的說法，但是關於他如何看待儒家思想、佛家思想、老子思想、乃至於來自當地的民間宗教，以及他如何進行「統合」的工作，至今依然聚訟紛紜。本文結合外在時空環境以及內在作品本身的理解，進行柳宗元思想意識的探討，發覺柳宗元心中恆有一以貫之的思想主軸，即是以儒家學說爲本，建立「利安元元」的「大中之道」，以此爲人生行爲的準則。故而他的「統合儒釋」說法，背後含有濃厚的經世致用意義，而佛、老思想等乃落在輔助儒家思想之用，屬於第二層次的考量。

During the Middle Tang Dynasty, Liu Zong-yuan was a thinker with philosophical speculative ability. He once said that he hope ''Integrate Confucianism and Buddhism'', but there are still many different opinions about how he viewed his relationship with Buddhism and Taoism and even from the local folk religion religions. This paper discusses Liu Zong-yuan's consciousness and found that he always has a consistent main axis of thought, which is based on Confucianism, he established the ''Great Middle Way'' of ''settle down people'' as the standard of life behavior. Therefore, his ''Integrate Confucianism and Buddhism'' has a strong significance behind the manage the world and make it orderly, while Buddhism and Taoism falls on the purpose of assisting Confucianism, which belongs to the second level.