心しん学がく

noun

study of the mind; neo-Confucian moral psychology

Refers to the neo-Confucian tradition of self-cultivation through introspection and moral reasoning, especially in Chinese and Japanese thought.

• 朱しゅ子し学がくでは心しん学がくが重じゅう要ような位い置ちを占しめる。

  In Zhu Xi's school, the study of the mind occupies an important place.

noun

Shingaku; Edo-period popular moral philosophy

Historical term for a syncretic ethical movement founded by Ishida Baigan, blending Confucian, Buddhist, and Shinto teachings for commoners.

• 石いし田だ梅ばい岩がんが説といた心しん学がくは、町ちょう人にんの道どう徳とくとして広ひろまった。

  The Shingaku taught by Ishida Baigan spread as a moral philosophy for townspeople.