《徒然草》的道家旨趣

The Purport of Taoism in In the Grass

《徒然草》是日本镰仓末期随笔文学的代表作,被誉为日本随笔文学双璧之一。它思想深邃、高远、超脱,给人智慧的启迪。作者吉田兼好兼通儒、道、佛、神之学并加以融会吸收,而道家思想是其主要来源。《徒然草》中的淡泊名利、智慧产生虚伪、反对自夸相争、超越生死、无物可待等人生思想,都是对道家思想的阐发,内蕴着道家旨趣,由此亦可见道家思想对日本中世文化的影响。

In the Grass is the representative work of essays at the end of Kamakura Period in Japan. It is known as one of the two most famous works in essays in Japan. With its deep,lofty and detached idea,the essay gives readers intellectual enlightenment. Yoshida,the author of the essay is fond of and good at Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Zen and mingle them and absorb them. Taoism is its main source.