Guan Dong Ming (English spelling)

Japanese: 管東溟 - かんとうめい（英語表記）Guǎn Dōng míng

1536‐1606
A Chinese thinker in the late Ming Dynasty. His given name was Zhidao, his literary name was Dengzhi, and his pen name was Dongming. He was from Taicang Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture (Taicang County, Jiangsu Province), and was a Jinshi in 1571 (5th year of the Longqing era). He studied under Geng Dingxiang (Tiantai, 1524-96) of the left sect of Wang school, but he was inspired by his sense of crisis that the left sect of Wang school, including Li Zhi, was destroying human morality, and he harshly criticized them. On the other hand, he also opposed the simple revival of Neo-Confucianism, and debated with Gu Xiancheng and Gao Fanlong of the Donglin Party. He established a grand system that sublimated both schools of thought, placing Buddhist nothingness at its core and firmly maintaining traditional ethical values.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1536‐1606
中国，明末の思想家。名は志道，字は登之，東溟は号。蘇州府太倉州(江蘇省太倉県)の人。隆慶5年(1571)の進士。王学左派の耿定向(天台。1524‐96)に師事したが，李贄（りし）などの王学左派は人倫を破壊するものであるとの危機感に促されて彼らを激しく非難した。他方，朱子学の単純な蘇生にも反対して東林党の顧憲成･高樊竜とも論争した。彼は両学を止揚するに仏教の無を中核にすえ，伝統的倫理観を強固に保守する壮大な体系を樹立した。

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