陽明學派與徑山寺法侶

Yangming School and Monks of Jingshan Temple

陽明學派是明中後期最大的學派，他們與東南佛教五山之首的徑山寺法侶有密切之結契。王陽明與徑山寺下院化城寺緣份厚，二度遊徑山，宿化城寺，寫下多首詩文。浙中王門王畿、萬表與徑山重要法侶萬松慧林禪師時有往來，交流習佛心得。泰州王門管志道與發起刊刻《徑山藏》的達觀真可禪師莫逆交，竭力贊助該藏之刻印事宜，並與徑山寺傑出法侶月亭明得禪師建立友誼。同屬泰州王門的陶望齡和陶奭齡昆仲，與徑山寺梅谷、慈門、孤休、西蓮、曇衍、明初、達源、禪心、廓庵、髻峯等禪者，都是經常互動的老朋友，他們寫下的游徑山記及賦贈禪師之詩文，極為豐碩。可以說，陽明學派與徑山寺法侶的交遊，是明中後期士大夫與方外結納的一個典型。

Yangming School was the greatest school in the middle and later stage of Ming Dynasty. Followers of Yangming School had close connection with the monks of Jingshan Temple， the largest temple among the five great Buddhist mountains in Southeastern China. Having established a deep relationship with the lower compound of Jingshan Temple， Huacheng Temple， Wang Yang-Ming traveled Jingshan for two times， and lodged at Huacheng Temple， where he wrote some poems and articles. Two followers of Yangming School in Central Zhejiang， Wang Ji and Wang Biao sometimes had contacts with an important monk of Jingshan， Zen Master Wansong Huilin， and exchanged with each other their viewpoints from learning of Buddhist scriptures. Another follower of Yangming School in Taizhou， Guan Zhi-Dao was an intimate friend of Zen Master Daguan Zhenke， who launched the carving of Jingshan Zang. Guan Zhi-Dao tried his best to sponsor the carving affairs of Jingshan Zang. He also established friendship with the outstanding monk of Jingshan Temple， Master Yueting Mingde. Besides， Brothers Tao Wang-Ling and Tao Shi-Ling， both also belonging to Yangming School in Taizhou， were old friends of Zen Masters Meigu， Cimen， Huxiu， Xilian， Tanyan， Mingchu， Dayuan， Chanxin， Guo-An and Jifeng of Jingshan Temple， and had frequent contacts with them. They wrote a great deal of poems and articles in Travel Notes of Jingshan and Odes to Zen Masters. It could be said that the contact between Yangming School and the monks of Jingshan Temple was a typical connection between the literati and the monks in the e middle and later stage of Ming Dynasty.