耿天台非泰州学派考辨

The Discrimination of Geng Tian-tai Non-Taizhou School

自黄宗羲在《明儒学案》中将耿天台归入《泰州学案》后,学界一直沿袭黄说,将其视为泰州学派中人,但经过考辨可以发现:从师承来看,耿天台与泰州学派之王艮、王襞并无师承关系;从同门意识来看,耿天台对颜钧与何心隐二人并未表现出特别的同门意识;从思想来看,耿天台的学术宗旨即“真机不容已”并非承自泰州一派。由此可以判定,耿天台并非泰州学派中人,而应该被界定为汲汲卫道的广义的王门弟子。

Since Huang Zong-xi included Geng Tian-tai in The Study Case of Taizhou in The Study Cases of Ming Confucianism,researchers have always followed Huang Zong-xi’s formulation,and considered Geng Tian-tai a member of Taizhou School,but after our discrimination,we can see that Geng Tian-tai was no student of Wang Gen and Wang Bi,nor were he and Yan Jun and He Xin-yin alumnus.His academic belief,that is,"the real morality is not allowed",has nothing to do with the Taizhou School on thought.So Geng Tian-tai is not a member of Taizhou School,but a disciple of Wang Xue in a broad sense,who is keen to defending morality.