Title

Ito Jinsai and Ito Togai’s Critique of the Taiji Tushuo

Author

Chen Wei-chin

Genre

Article

Pages

495-523

Download

PDF

Language

Chinese

Key words

Ito Jinsai, Ito Togai, Taiji Tushuo, the Yijing, Japanese Confucianism

Abstract

　　This paper explores the critiques of the Taiji Tushuo《太極圖說》, one of the most important classics of Shushigaku 朱子學 in the history of Japanese Confucianism, that were advanced by Ito Jinsai 伊藤仁齋 and Ito Togai 伊藤東涯. Jinsai and Togai were famous for their anti-Shushigaku thought. Although there are some misunderstandings present in their critiques of the Taiji Tushuo and Zhu Xi 朱熹, it is argued here that their interpretations still have value because they shed light on a different perspective regarding the Yijing and the Taiji Tushuo.