良知与阳明心学概念结构

Conscience and the Conceptual Structure of Wang Yangming’s Mind Study

阳明心学的概念结构以“良知”这一“心之本体”为核心概念,并存在两个概念体系:一个属于本体(即“体”)的概念系列,如性、理、天、道等;另一个属于工夫(即“用”)的概念系列,如意、知、行、事、物等。阳明对本体与工夫的关系的理解,源于其对程颐“体用一源”学说的一元论诠释。与此相应,阳明心学的概念结构亦呈现出鲜明的还原论色彩。

Lying in the core of the conceptual structure of Wang Yangming’s Mind Study is“conscience”,the“fundament of mind”.There are also two coexistent conceptual categories:the ontological one(i.e.,ti,or“the innate”),such as“nature,reason,heaven,and Tao”,and the effort one(i.e.,yong or“the secondary”),such as“intention,knowledge,action,matter,and thing”.Wang Yangming’s understanding of the relationship between the ontological and effort stems from his monistic interpretation of Cheng Yi’s theory of“ti yong yi yuan(same origin for ti and yong)”.Accordingly,the conceptual structure of Wang Yangming’s Mind Study also presents a distinctive reductionist color.