作者所评介的两种西方朱子学论著,一为孟旦所著《人性的意象——宋代的图像》(Donald Munro,Images of Human Nature—A Sung Portrait);一为田浩所著《朱熹的思想世界》(Hoyt Cleveland Tillman,Confucian Discourse and Chu Hsi’s Ascendancy)。孟旦的著作,选择了六个朱子常用而与人性论有关的意象加以分析,藉以探讨朱子关于人性的思维,并企图重建朱子人性论的体系。本文作者详细地介绍了孟著的内容,同时依据他本人对朱子学的认识,对孟氏的一些论点作出评论。田浩的著作,以“道”与“道学”的概念为核心问题来探讨南宋学术史的发展。本文作者提出田著的优点加以论述,同时申述 The two critiques of Western Zhu Zi, one of which is reviewed by the author, are Meng Danyan’s “Images of Human Nature - Images of Human Nature-A Sung Portrait” and the “Zhu Xi’s Ideas Hoyt Cleveland Tillman, Confucian Discourse and Chu Hsi’s Ascendancy. Meng Dan’s works have chosen six commonly used images of Zhu and images related to human nature to analyze Zhu’s thinking on human nature and attempt to rebuild the system of Zhu Zi’s human nature. The author introduces Meng’s content in detail and at the same time comments on some of Monteggia’s arguments based on his own knowledge of Zhu Zixue. Tian Hao’s book discusses the development of Southern Song academic history with the core concepts of ”Taoism“ and ”Taoism." The author put forward the advantages of Tian to be discussed, at the same time representations