朱熹≪四書章句集注≫中的「道南學脈」

Abstract

According to previous scholars’ arguments, Zhu Xi built up the system of Confucianism. He has learned with Li Tong and inherited the Daonan School of the way of mind (xinfa). In this process, Zhu was inspired to ponder over the value of Confucianism, which becomes his lifelong criterion as well as mode of cultivating mind. Moreover, “one principle with many manifestations (li yi fen shu),” the basis of Zhu’s thought, initiated his theory of ordinance. The strain of the Cheng brothers, Yang Shi, Luo Cong-yan, and Li Tong, is the prime focus of the history of Philosophy of Principle (lixue). Zhu Xi, who collected and enhanced these scholars’ interpretations, plays the most important role to turn “Daonan” into a prophecy of academic enhancement. In order to clarify the development of Philosophy of Principle (lixue) in the Song Dynasty as well as Zhu’s thought of ordinance more deeply, I will analyze Zhu’s learning experience as an apprentice to Li Tong and review the quotations of Exegesis of the Collections of Texts from the Four Books (Sishu zhangju jizhu) in this paper.