Namikawa Tenmin

Japanese: 並河天民 - なみかわ・てんみん

Year of death: April 8, 1718 (May 7, 1718)
Year of birth: May 28, 1679 (July 6, 1679)
A Confucian scholar of the mid-Edo period. His given name was Hajime Ryosuke, later Ryo. His pen name was Denryo, later Kanryo. He was commonly known as Hajime Sho(Sho)zo, later Kansuke. Tenmin was his posthumous name. He was born to a wealthy farming family in Yokooji Village, Kii County, Yamashiro Province (Kyoto City). His father was Muneya, his mother was a member of the Nagata family, and Seidokoro was his older brother. He lived in Kyoto City from an early age, and in 1691 (Genroku 4) he and Seidokoro became pupils of Ito Jinsai and studied Kogigaku. Around 1708 (Hoei 5), he began to have doubts about Jinsai's theory, and developed a comprehensive criticism, forming his own academic field. It is said that after Jinsai's death, the Kogidō was divided into those studying under Togai and those studying under Tenmin. His posthumous writings include "Tenmin's Testament." <References> Wakida Masako, "Namikawa Tenmin's Confucian Thought" ("An Essay on the History of Japanese Thought")

(Masahiko Miyake)

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Japanese:

没年：享保3.4.8(1718.5.7)
生年：延宝7.5.28(1679.7.6)
江戸中期の儒学者。名ははじめ良弼,のち亮。字は伝亮のち簡亮。通称ははじめ庄(正)蔵のち勘介。天民は諡号。山城国紀井郡横大路村(京都市)の豪農の家に出生。父宗弥,母は永田氏,誠所は兄。幼時より京都市中に住み,元禄4(1691)年誠所と共に伊藤仁斎に入門,古義学を学ぶ。宝永5(1708)年前後から仁斎説に疑義を持ち,全面的批判を展開して,独自の学問を形成した。仁斎没後の古義堂は東涯師事と天民師事とに二分されたともいう。遺文集に『天民遺言』がある。<参考文献>脇田真佐子「並河天民の儒教思想」(『日本思想史への試論』)

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