日本儒学教育与释菜传承--以冈山县旧闲谷学校为例

Confucian Education and the Sekisai Rituals in Japan: A Case Study of the Shizutani School

日本江户时代所建闲谷学校无论在儒家经典教育,还是在释菜礼传承方面都享有盛誉并具有一定的代表性。本文试图以此为例,从文化人类学的角度具体考察日本儒家经典教育与释菜礼传承的历史变迁与当代功能。本研究揭示了日本主动吸纳并传承中国儒家文化的持续性及创造性,同时启示了中国传统儒学也可以反过来在吸纳日本经验的基础上不断创新发展的各种可能性,对深入探讨孔庙的历史演变与当代功能以及中国儒家传统文化的继承创新与应用发展等问题具有重要的参考价值。

Using the Shizutani School built in the Edo period as an exemplary case, this paper explores the historical evolution and contemporary function of Confucian education and the sekisai rituals in Japan from the perspective of cultural anthropology. Moreover, Japan is shown to have sustained the continuity and creativity of Confucian culture introduced from ancient China, which may in turn inspire China to modernize its classical Confucianism. All these observations will contribute to the study of Confucian temples including their history and contemporary function, as well as to the study of the cultural inheritance and innovative development of the Confucian tradition in China.