왕용계의 先天正心 공부론

Abstract

We are generally understand that Fulfillment Innate Knowledge of Goodness[致良知] is a ultimate theory of Yang-Ming Thought. For example, through chronological record[年譜], we can find that he has proclaimed Fulfillment Innate Knowledge of Goodness[致良知] since his fifty. Meanwhile, although Yang-Ming's disciples are all based on the theory of Fulfillment Innate Knowledge of Goodness[致良知], they are diversly understood their master's ultimate thought, practically related to the self-cultivation theory[工夫論]. For this problem, we can answer by studying on the dual structure of Yang-Ming' idea on zhiyangzhi[致良知]. It can be understood like this: the former takes a stress on the spontaneity of Innate Goodness[良知]. This idea can be called as BenTiGongFu[本體工夫] which means that self-cultivation is based on the spontaneity of Innate Goodness[良知]; the latter takes a focus on the refrainment of the environment. This thought could be called as GongFuBenTi[工夫本體] which means that self-cultivation needs artificial effort to revive Innate Goodness[良知]. for this dual structure of Innate Goodness[良知], Rong-Xi doesn't content with Yang-ming's idea, because it makes our self-cultivation theory confused in terms of what is the ultimate self-cultivation theory. if our goal of self-cultivation is to embody a sage, no matter what kind of people should do self-cultivation in the BenTiJie(本體界). For this reason, he assert XianTian-Zhengxin GongFulun(先天正心 工夫論)