英文摘要
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This paper focuses on the Hicho, a text written by Nakai Chikusan, one of the major representatives of Confucianism of the Kaitokudo School during the Edo Period in Japan. Particular attention is paid to how Nakai Chikusan criticizes the Rongocho, written by Ogyu Sorai (1666-1728). Nakai Chikusan points out that the Rongocho plagiarizes interpretations of Chinese Confucians. He notes that the Rongocho's views are also self-contradictory. In addition, he points out that Ogyu Sorai does not effectively criticize Zhu Xi, and that he is not able to offer alternatives to Zhu Xi's views. According to Nakai Chikusan, all the defects found in the Rongocho are due to Ogyu Sorai's competitiveness and his desire to establish new, but unfounded, interpretations. In the view of the present author, Osaka, where Nakai Chikusan lived, was a commercial city for commoners. That is why Nakai Chikusan criticized Ogyu Sorai's political Confucianism and defended Zhu Xi. We can locate the significance of the Hicho in the history of thought in the contrast between Ogyu Sorai's Confucianism for samurais and Nakai Chikusan's Confucianism for commoners.
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