王守仁从祀孔庙原因浅析

Analysis of Reasons Why Wang Shouren Is Worshiped in the Confucian Temple

王守仁是明代大儒,心学的集大成者。其学术思想传至日本、朝鲜半岛以及东南亚,影响至今。他传奇的一生兼有立德、立功、立言的特点,被称为封建时代的完人。由于其特殊的贡献得以从祀孔庙,成为官方认定的经世大儒。学界关于王守仁从祀的过程研究较多,但对于其能够得以从祀的原因还少有详细梳理。可从王守仁个人理想、主要成就、外部保障及学说的时代性等四方面来论述厘清这一问题,这对于研究王守仁的历史影响具有重要意义。

A distinguished scholar in the Ming dynasty, Wang Shouren is the synthesizer of the mind theory. His academic thought has long been spread to Japan, the Korean Peninsula and Southeast Asia, with its influence felt up to now. He is named a feudal perfect person whose legendary life is characterized by ＂lide＂ （being a virtuous person）, ＂ligong＂ （doing honorable deeds） and ＂liyan＂ （conducting honest research）. Because of his special contributions to Confucianism, he is worshiped in the Confucian Temple, establishing his place as the world - known scholar recognized by the then government. The paper holds that the reasons of his worship can be sorted out from the following four aspects： his personal ideal, main achievements, external guarantee and the theory of the times, which is of great importance to the study of Wang Shom＇en＇ s historical influence.