明代初期是程朱理学的批判总结阶段,处在这一阶段的理学家薛瑄对心与理的关系提出了自己的见解。存在“吾心之理”是薛瑄心学的基础与出发点,“身心皆天理”是薛瑄心学的进一步推进与提升,在把握心中之理时,“操心”便成了薛碹心学的归宿。薛瑄的心学不同于程朱,亦不同于陆王,却可以视为程朱向陆王转变在程朱学者身上的反映。
The early Ming Dynasty is a period of critical survey of Neo - Confucianism. During that period, Xue Xuan, a New- Confucian, put forward his own opinions about the relationship between mind and reason. The basis and starting point of Xue Xuan' s philosophy of mind is "the Reason of my Mind" which was later pro- moted as "Both body and mind is the Heavenly Principles". Worrying about is the destination of Xue Xuan' s philosophy of mind which is different both from Cheng and Zhu's and from Lu and Wang' s Neo - Confucianism. But Xue Xuan' s philosophy of mind can be considered as the transformation of Cheng and Zhu' s from Lu and Wang' s new - Confucianism.