陽明後學的成員分析

An Analysis of the Membership of the Yang-ming School

本文整理了陽明後學的師承關係系統表，發現他們師承的網絡超越地域範圍非常明顯，且一人師事二位以上的情形不少；而目前有關陽明後學師承系統之研究文獻有部分內容待商榷。本文也分析了陽明後學的身分與科舉功名，分別作成統計表，一目了然。陽明後學率多具備科舉功名的碩彥爵士，獻身政治與教育，除致力於官辦教育的興革之外，尤大力展開社會講學事業。他們實在是一個關係複雜而又結成一體的教育學派。

This essay attempts to chart tutorship relations among the later followers of Wang Yang-ming. It finds that the tutorship network of the Yang-ming School clearly extended beyond regional boundaries, and many scholars studied under more than one teacher. Furthermore, some research on the tutorship system of the Yang-ming School demands critical reexamination. The essay also presents statistical charts depicting the status and honors granted to scholars of the Yang-ming School under the imperial civil service examination system. Most scholars in the Yang-ming School participated in the civil service examinations and devoted themselves to careers in politics or education. Besides working to reform the official education system, these scholars devoted considerable effort to developing public education. They formed a highly complex, systematic educational movement.