Goyohitsu

A Neo-Confucian scholar in the early Ming Dynasty in China. His pen name was Zifu and his pen name was Kangzai. He was from Chongren County, Jiangxi Province. He studied Neo-Confucianism on his own in the stagnant intellectual world of the early Ming Dynasty as a result of the ideological oppression during the Jingnan Incident (1399-1402), a civil war over the succession to the throne. He is a typical Neo-Confucian scholar who tried to put Neo-Confucianism into practice faithfully. Although he did not offer any new theoretical ideas, he presented a living Neo-Confucian school and made a great contribution to revitalizing the intellectual world by gaining disciples such as Chen Baisha (Xianzhang), Hu Jingzhai (Juren), and Lou Yizhai (Liang, 1422-1491). His main work, the Daily Records, which are a record of his daily studies, was widely read in China and Japan.

[Takashi February 17, 2016]

"Wu Kang-sai" by Tian Kohei (included in "The Zhu Xi School Series, Volume 10, Zhu Xi's Successors, Vol. 1", 1976, Meitoku Publishing)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

中国、明(みん)代初期の朱子学者。字(あざな)は子傅(しふ)、号は康斎。江西省崇仁県の人。皇位継承をめぐって起こった内乱、靖難(せいなん)の変（1399～1402）のおりの思想弾圧の結果、沈滞した明初の思想界のなかで独力で朱子学を修めた。忠実に朱子学を実践しようとした典型的な朱子後学の一人。理論的新見はまったくないが、生きた朱子学を提示し、陳白沙(ちんはくさ)（献章）、胡敬斎（居仁）、婁一斎(ろういっさい)（諒(りょう)、1422―1491）を門人に得て思想界に活を入れた功績は大きい。日々の学道の記録である主著『日録』は中国、日本でよく読まれた。

［田公平　2016年2月17日］

『田公平著「呉康斎」（『朱子学大系　第10巻　朱子の後継　上』所収・1976・明徳出版社）』

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