मार्ग की पहचान (बेंदो)

परिचय

Ogyu Sorai wrote this short essay in 1717, together with the longer Distinguishing Names. He argues that the Way of the sages is not a natural principle but a human creation: the rites, music, punishments and institutions that the ancient kings of China devised to bring peace to the realm. It can be understood only by reading the ancient texts in their original language, which is why Sorai founded a school of “ancient words and phrases” (kobunjigaku). He criticises both Zhu Xi and Ito Jinsai for turning the Way into a matter of inner morality. The political scientist Maruyama Masao later read Sorai’s separation of political order from private morality as a step towards modern political thought in Japan.

संबंध

जिस पर आधारित

• श्युनज़ीलगभग 240 ईसा पूर्व · श्युनज़ी

जिनकी आलोचना की

• लुन्यू और मेनसियस में पदों के अर्थ (गोमो जिगी)1683 · इतो जिनसाई

जिसमें आगे बढ़ाया गया

• कोजिकी पर टीका (कोजिकी-देन)1798 · मोतूरी नोरिनागा
• तोकुगावा जापान के बौद्धिक इतिहास में अध्ययन1952 · मारुयामा मासाओ