Since the reform and opening of Chinese mainland, there has existed unpresedentedly prosperity in research on Japanese Confucianism . The research mainly covers the following aspects: 1.The overview research on Japanese Confucianism-----a systematic sorting of complicated history of Japanese Confucianism and the accurate summary of the overall history of Japanese Confucianism thoughts. 2.The special research on Japanese Confucianism-----a deep and thorough research on modern Edo thoughts,on Theory of Sorai, on peasants' ideology of Ando Sheki, on ethic ideas of Ishida Baigan and other chonins, and on reform ideas of late Tokugawa Shogunate etc. 3.The comparative research on Chinese Confucianism and Japanese Confucianism. In history of ideas, Chinese Confucianism and Japanese Confucianism blend and co-develope and they have both intercommunity and differentiation. It’s another important sphere of china’s research on Japanese philosophy to make comparative research into Chinese and Japanese Confucianism. 4.The research on Japanese Confucianism and modernization. Among it, the research on the spiritual and cultural motives of Japanese modernization has become an important subject of china’s research on Japanese philosophy. 5. Japanese Confucianism and its modern meaning from the persepective of East Asia . In recent years, the research findings done by analyzing Japanese Confucianism in the context of East Asia Confucianism have come out successively. Especially in the historical context that East Asia countries seek to co-develop on the conditon of integration of world economy, it intensifies the psychological and emotional foundation to a great degree to identify with the significance of Confucianism for the history of East Asia countries
自中国大陆改革开放以来,关于日本儒学的研究出现了盛况空前的繁荣景象,研究领域主要涉及以下五个方面。 一、关于日本儒学的概述性研究。对错综复杂的日本儒学史进行体系性梳理,比较准确地概括了日本儒学思想史的全貌;二、日本儒学的专题研究。对近世江户思想、徂徕学、安藤昌益的农民思想、石田梅岩等町人伦理思想、幕末维新思想等进行了深入探讨;三、中日儒学的比较研究。在思想史上中日两国儒学相互交融,共同发展,二者间既有普遍的共同性,又有特殊的差异性。对于中日儒学进行比较研究,是我国日本哲学研究的又一个重要领域;四、关于日本儒学与现代化的研究。其中探讨日本现代化的精神文化动因,成为我国日本哲学研究者的一个重要课题;五、东亚视域中的日本儒学及其现代意义。近年来,把日本儒学放在“东亚儒学”的脉络中加以剖析的研究成果陆续问世。特别是在东亚国家在世界经济一体化的条件下共谋发展的时代背景下,认同儒学对东亚各国历史发展的重要作用,在很大程度上强化了东亚区域意识的心理和情感基础。