The concept of the pre-modern Chinese zhuji studies : Plans to expand the results of research on Song-Ming Taoist thought.

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00052
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 01020:Chinese philosophy, Indian philosophy and Buddhist philosophy-related
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: MIURA SHUICHI 東北大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (80190586)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 山田 俊 熊本県立大学, 共通教育センター, 教授 (30240021)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 中国近世 / 諸子学 / 老子 / 荘子 / 道家 / 文子 / 法言 / 管子

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we have further deepened our own research on Taoist thought in the Song and Ming dynasties, and have been able to present new results mainly on the following two points.(i): We read the Laozi Commentaries by intellectuals whose names had previously only been known, and clarified their contents, characteristics and position in the history of thought ; Specifically, the commentaries of Shi Yong and Zhang Bingwen of the Jin dynasty, and Xue Xue and Wang Dao of the Ming dynasty.(ii): Intellectuals in the Song and Ming dynasties were interested in the ideas of other zhuzi besides Laozi and Zhuangzi, such as Wenzi, Guanzi and Fa Yan. We have shown that their knowledges are reflected in the Lao-Zhuang commentaries.

Free Research Field

中国近世思想史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

中国近世の知識人は、『老子』に由来する「無欲」と「有欲」の組合せや『荘子』に拠る「坐忘」や「双忘」といった概念に思想的価値を見出し、該書に対する注釈を熱心に作成した。それは、道家思想それ自体の深化をめざす営為であるとともに、同時代の儒学思想の活性化を企図する思想運動でもあり、本研究は、その運動の広汎な展開と、その展開に伴って拡大した老荘以外の諸子書への関心の昂揚とを解明した。その成果は、儒学思想の展開を中心に語る従来の中国近世思想史研究に対し、視野の拡張を要求する学術的意義をもつ。