江公望,字民表,其著〈心性說〉收錄於宋人編輯的學者著作合集《諸儒鳴道》之中,字句間流露的佛學痕跡,讓研究《諸儒鳴道》之近代學者,往往需要別立章節以論述之。江公望,究竟何許人也,〈心性說〉又是何等之作,是本文最初的關懷議題。本文主要是透過宋人文集、《歷代名臣奏議》與方志,梳理江公望的生平事蹟與學術脈絡,從時人對他的理解、師友與他的交誼,還原更為立體的江公望形象,並在歷史脈絡中,進一步探究其〈心性說〉思想形成的背景。全文之目的企圖開發尚未被學界深耕的人物研究,進階展開江公望在學術網絡中與道學家集中討論的核心話語,透過闡述江公望的「正性」與「心本論」,以及「繫心」的修養功夫,辨明其學說與王安石的異同,及佛學的關係。因為江公望與〈心性說〉,反倒突顯了道學話語的「陳述」與「命題」,裨益學界更細緻地觀察北宋後期到南宋前期的道學發展樣貌。
The animus of the article is to research Jiang Gong-wang's(江公望) thought and the development of scholars' network in the southern Song dynasty. Jiang's composition, the definition about nature of mind, was compiled into Zhu Ru Ming Dao (諸儒鳴道). His composition used some Buddhism word and thought. Some modern researchers need to use one chapter to discuss him. After all, we did not know about him and his composition. The aim of the article not only focuses on his life in network of Song's scholars, but also rebuilds his image by comprehension of Song people. We further try to understand his composition through his life. As a result, we understand Jiang's definition about nature of mind. He interpreted 「nature of mind 」,「nature of character」and developed one kind of cultivating way(繫心). Meanwhile, we compare Jiang and Wang An-shi's thought and figure out the relationship between Jiang and Buddhism. Base on this research, we could reflect the scholars' discussion, including the theme, the statement, and the evolvement in Confucian school of philosophy of Song dynasty. We could observe the situation in detail in the period from the end of northern Song dynasty to the prime of Southern Song dynasty.