论陈献章的自得之学及其特质——从《和杨龟山此日不再得韵》三文说起

On Chen Xianzhang's Learning through Enlightenment and its Special Characteristics (GONG Bao-ping)

自得之学贯穿于陈献章思想成长之始终,历萌生、初成、发展、精深、体行五阶段。在第三阶段,他撰写了《和杨龟山此日不再得韵》等三篇文章,阐发了自得之学的宗旨、渊源、内容和要义等,构成其学术走向成熟的三部曲。可以看出,陈献章自得之学的思想来源包括道、佛,但特质仍系儒家内圣之学。

Learning through enlightenment ran through various stage of Chen Xianzhang's thought development: from its burgeoning to its taking form,maturity,deepening,and practice.In the third stage,he wrote three essays elaborating on the purpose,origin,content and purports of learning through enlightenment.The three articles constitute the trilogy of his academic maturity.As can be seen,the origins of Chen Xianzhang's learning through enlightenment include Taoism and Buddhism,but it is still the Confucian 'sagely within' learning in nature.