系統溯源朱熹“修德為本”思想的義理根基，緊扣二程“初學入德之門”的經典判定與《大學》八條目次第，完整揭示其邏輯建構、本體工夫論支撐及道德合理性。Systematically traces the doctrinal foundations of Zhu Xi’s thought of “cultivating virtue as the foundation,” closely following the Cheng brothers’ classical judgment of “the gate of entering virtue for beginners” and the sequence of the Eight Items in the *Great Learning*, and fully reveals its logical construction, ontological and praxeological support, and moral legitimacy. 闡明朱子如何融貫內聖外王，將修德升華為上達天理、下開人倫的理學德性倫理體系，並為當代道德建設提供傳統智慧鏡鑒。It elucidates how Zhu Xi integrated inner sagehood and outer kingship, elevating the cultivation of virtue into a Neo-Confucian virtue-ethical system that reaches up to heavenly principle and extends down to human relations, while also offering traditional wisdom as a mirror for contemporary mor...

Taking the Cheng‑Zhu Neo‑Confucian system as the theoretical background, this paper reconstructs the intellectual origins, historical context and internal theoretical logic of Zhu Xi’s idea of “Virtue‑Cultivation as the Foundation of Moral Cultivation”. It further explores its interpretative value for contemporary moral education, individual development, state governance and cyber‑ethics. This study holds that “Virtue‑Cultivation as the Foundation of Moral Cultivation” is not merely a general moral exhortation. Targeting empty speculation and utilitarian scholarly practices prevalent in the Southern‑Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi inherited the Cheng brothers’ maxim of moral praxis: “Reverence cultivates the inner self; investigating things advances knowledge”. With The Great Learning’s Three Guidelines and Eight Items as the structural backbone, he reconstructed Confucian learning of sagehood. Center...

基於程朱理學的思想脈絡，系統梳理朱熹 “修德為本” 命題的理論內涵、歷史邏輯與基本架構 —— 該命題並非脫離儒學傳統的全新創造，而是朱熹基於時代學風弊病，對《大學》“修身為本” 綱領的理學化重構，既是對二程德性涵養思想的批判性繼承，也是對先秦儒家 “為己之學” 的接續與體系化拓展。 This paper systematically examines the theoretical connotations, historical logic, and basic structure of Zhu Xi's proposition of "cultivating virtue is the foundation of moral cultivation" within the intellectual context of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. This proposition was not an entirely new creation detached from the Confucian tradition; rather, it was Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucian reconstruction of the guiding principle of "self-cultivation as the foundation" from the Great Learning, formulated in response to the intellectual maladies of his era. It represents both a critical inheritance of the Cheng brothers' theories of moral cultivation and a continuation and ...

Systematically examines the theoretical basis for regarding The Great Learning as the gateway to virtue in Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. It illustrates the hierarchical moral cultivation system and interprets the text’s foundational value in traditional Confucian sagehood learning. "The Gateway to Virtue" is the core proposition of the virtue ethics and Confucian sagehood learning of the Cheng Brothers and Zhu Xi. It specifically refers to the fundamental path and practical methodology for scholars to reach the moral realm of sages and conduct virtue cultivation. During the reconstruction of philosophical doctrines and educational reform under Neo-Confucianism of the Song and Ming dynasties, the Cheng Brothers were the first to uphold The Great Learning as the foundation for accessing virtue. Inheriting the exclusive academic legacy of the Cheng School and systematizing Neo-Confucian thought, Zhu Xi ranked The Great Learning first among the F...

“入德之門”是二程、朱熹德性倫理與儒家成聖之學的核心命題，特指學人通往聖賢道德境界、開展德性修養的根本門徑與實踐方法。在宋明理學的義理重構與教化革新中，二程首開尊《大學》為入德根本的先河，朱熹承續程門絕學、整合理學體系，將《大學》確立為四書之首、成聖修德的第一經典。相較於《論語》《孟子》《中庸》的義理散見、境界高遠，《大學》構建了唯一一套由內而外、由靜而動、由體而用、由修身而治世的完整道德踐履次第。立足二程與朱熹原始文獻，以“學為聖賢”為終極目標，結合格物致知、誠意正心、修身齊家、治國平天下的成聖工夫序列，深度剖析二程、朱熹選擇《大學》作為“入德之門”的根本性理論緣由，並闡釋《大學》在理學德性修養體系中的不可替代價值，回應宋儒扭轉空疏學風、重構儒學實踐品格、建立成聖工夫範式的核心時代與理論訴求。 "Gateway to the Virtue Realm of Sagehood " is a core proposition in the virtue ethics and the Confucian learning of sagehood developed by the Cheng brothers and Zhu Xi, referring specifically to the fundamental gateway and practical method through which a l...

In the ideological evolution of Confucianism, the Cheng Brothers (Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi) and Zhu Xi elevated the proposition of “The Gateway to Virtue Realm of Sagehood” to a foundational doctrinal principle for moral cultivation in Neo-Confucianism. This theoretical initiative constituted a fundamental ideological reconstruction of Confucian Dao in response to the intellectual challenges posed by Buddhism and Taoism. The paramount emphasis placed on this proposition originates from dual imperatives: the systematic reconstruction of Confucian theoretical frameworks and the standardization of practical moral pedagogy. Theoretically, the notion of “The Gateway to Virtue Realm of Sagehood” facilitates the metaphysical completion of Confucian moral ontology, establishes an intrinsic logical coherence between the Heavenly Principle and human moral praxis, and radically differentiates Confucian immanent transcendence from the detache...