| Abstract |
Lin Xiyuan, styled Maozhen, nicknamed Ciya, was born in the seventeenth year of Chenghua(1481) of the Ming Dynasty and died in the forty-fourth year of Jiajing(1565) at the age of eighty-five. He was born in Tong’an County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian. In the twelfth year of Zhengde(1517), Ding Chou was promoted as a Jinshi and awarded Dali Temple in Nanjing as a judge. In the first year of Jiajing(1522), the “Eight Essentials of the New Policy” was submitted to help the new bureau; he was appointed as the inspector of Guangdong Province and wrote “Three Editions of Learning and Politics” to correct the morals of scholars; served as the Yousi Chancellor of Dali Temple, and wrote “Wangzheng Postscript” with a total of 21 articles, etc., which advocated Confucianism to govern the country, established a great policy of governance, and even had pragmatic strategies for internal and external troubles. However, he corrected the biography of the “University” and advocated that the abolition of living at home, although at odds with the world, but when advancing and retreating, being a student, an official, and a person are all in line with the Confucian aspirations. “The Questions of the Four Books (Sishu Cunyi)” was written not only for the imperial examination, but also to pay tribute to Cai Qing and continue Zhu Xue’s academic career. Lin Xiyuan was an important promoter of the establishment of the school of Fujian studies. “The Questions of the Four Books (Sishu Cunyi)” can be seen in the late Ming Dynasty Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism, so this article attempts to clarify the course of Lin Xiyuan’s thinking, sort out the academic genealogy of “The Questions of the Four Books (Sishu Cunyi)”, and delve into the diversity of the late Ming Dynasty. Competing for ideological observation, hoping to restore Lin Xiyuan’s academic achievements. |
