英文摘要 |
The study on The Analects has received little concern for scholars of the East Jin Dynasty. The most representative annotations on The Analects in the middle of East Jin Dynasty is Shun Cho's Exegesis of the Analects, whose characteristic is applying ''from metaphysics to Confucianism''- the practice of being a saint by means of philosophical thinking; it not only reflects the academic atmosphere of the East Jin Dynasty, but also is a milestone in the study of The Analects .Since Shun Cho's works there are only a few, this paper aims to explore his standpoint and viewpoint of The Analects based on his Exegesis of the Analects (mainly collected in Huang Kan's Annotations of the Analects) so as to be a supplement for the lack of annotations on The Analects in terms of Confucianism in the East Jin Dynasty. This paper will be divided into three parts: first, Shun Cho as a case study on The Analects in the East Jin Dynasty; second, the philosophical thinking of '' From Metaphysics to Confucianism; ''third, the image of saints by blending Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. Some key concepts such as ''Voidness'', ''Reason'', ''Fate and Chance'', ''Virtue'' will also be discussed. Furthermore, the meaning of ''being a saint ''will be elaborated in terms of ''enlightenment'', ''freedom from persistence, '' and ''practicing benevolence and imitating saints.'' |