ABSTRACT This essay is a case study concerning the problem of rethinking the relationship between Neo-Confucian (Cheng-Zhu school) and Chan schools of thought. The study builds a comparative perspective on two representative texts assembled during the Song dynasty that concern methods of self-cultivation. My theoretical framework is hermeneutical and involves a twofold articulation of correlatives: “inward-outward” and “procedural morality-substantive morality.” By presenting a comparative interpretation of ideas developed in these texts, this analysis highlights the following two components: first, the existence of explicit confluences between major ideas of the influential Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucian school, which most virulently criticizes the Buddhist tradition, and Chan’s practical methods of self-cultivation; second, it calls attention to the presence of Chan influences in the Neo-Confucian text. Through comparative analysis, this essay intends not only to bring to light Chan influences insightfully integrated by Neo-Confucians within their own discourse on self-cultivation, but also to understand the multidimensional relation between Song-dynasty Neo-Confucian and Chan practices.

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新儒家与禅宗修身方法的交汇；手头之事与台经的比较视点选集

摘要 本文是关于重新思考新儒家（郑朱学派）与禅宗学派之间关系问题的案例研究。该研究对宋代收集的两部关于修身方法的代表性文本建立了比较视角。我的理论框架是解释学的，涉及对相关性的双重阐述：“内向-外向”和“程序道德-实体道德”。通过对这些文本中发展的思想进行比较解释，该分析突出了以下两个组成部分：第一，具有影响力的、最猛烈地批评佛教传统的成朱新儒家的主要思想之间存在明显的融合，以及禅修的实用方法；第二，它提请注意新儒家文本中禅宗影响的存在。通过比较分析，本文不仅旨在揭示新儒家在其修身话语中深刻融合的禅学影响，而且旨在了解宋代新儒家与禅修实践之间的多维关系。