Yoshio Takeuchi

Chinese philosopher. Doctor of Literature. Born in Mie Prefecture. Graduated from Kyoto Imperial University. Professor at Tohoku Imperial University, and later as a Goyogakari (official advisor) to the Imperial Household Ministry, he was involved in the education of the Crown Prince. Member of the Imperial Academy. Awarded the Order of Cultural Merit in 1960. He led the Chinese philosophy world in Japan from start to finish, and succeeded in establishing a scientific study of the history of thought by eliminating the subjective and old-fashioned respect for Confucianism. His work "The History of Chinese Thought," which was the first to incorporate Buddhist thought, proves this. His groundbreaking works "The Originality of Laozi" (1926) and "A Study of the Analects" (1939) closely examined the contents of the "Laozi" and "Analects" and empirically demonstrated that they were completed through many years of accumulation, establishing the method of document criticism of "Takeuchi Studies." He also aimed to strictly revise his translations of the "Analects of Confucius," "Laozi," and other works, and for this purpose he personally discovered and used many old Japanese manuscripts. As a result, he also became a member of the National Treasure Preservation Society.

[Osamu Kanaya March 18, 2016]

"The Complete Works of Yoshio Takeuchi, 10 volumes (1978, 1979, Kadokawa Shoten)"

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中国哲学者。文学博士。三重県に生まれる。京都帝国大学卒業。東北帝国大学教授、さらに宮内省御用掛(ごようがかり)として皇太子の教育にあたった。帝国学士院会員。1960年（昭和35）文化功労者。終始、日本の中国哲学界をリードし、主観的な古い儒教尊重の風を排して、科学的な思想史学を樹立することに成功した。初めて仏教思想を取り込んだ『支那(しな)思想史』の著はそれを証明している。『老子原始』（1926）、『論語之研究』（1939）は、『老子』や『論語』の内容を精密に検討して、それらが長年にわたる集積のうえに完成されたことを実証的に解明した画期的な著作で、「武内学」の文献批判の方法がここに確立された。また『論語』『老子』その他の訳注では厳密な校定を旨とし、そのために多くの日本の古写本を自ら発見し利用した。それによって国宝保存会委員ともなった。

［金谷　治　2016年3月18日］

『『武内義雄全集』全10巻（1978、1979・角川書店）』

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