摘要
The term means to understand how we should conduct ourselves through our contact with things.“Studying things to acquire knowledge”comes from The Book of Rites.Together with“making one’s purpose sincere,”“correcting one’s thoughts,”“self-cultivation,”“running one’s family well,”“governing the state properly,”and“bringing peace to all under heaven”;they are collectively known as the“eight essential principles.”
在与事物的接触中体会人伦日用之道.“格物”“致知”出自《礼记·大学》,与诚意、正心、修身、齐家、治国、平天下并称“八条目”.“致知”在于“格物”,二者密切相关,故有时并称“格致”.历代学者对“格物致知”的含义有多种不同的理解:或强调在对事物的接触中穷究其“理”;或强调亲自实践以掌握各种德行、技艺;或以心意所在为“物”,进而以内心的修正为“格物”.
