林端教授的学思历程主要可以分为两个阶段。首先,Wolfgang Schluchter教授的韦伯研究的影响至为关键,林端教授以此为基础把“儒家”建构为宗教社会学与法律社会学的研究对象。接着,林端教授尝试把当代华人社会的“儒家/儒学/儒教”问题,放在知识社会学与文化社会学的视角下来看待。可惜的是,由于英年早逝,他预计提出“儒家的社会学”计划成为了一个未竟之业。 Professor Lin’s academic history can be divided into two stages. First of all, the impact of Weber’s research by Prof. Wolfgang Schluchter is crucial. Professor Lin took “Confucianism” as the object of study in religious sociology and legal sociology. Afterwards, Professor Lin took the “Confucianism / Confucianism / Confucianism” issue of contemporary Chinese society as a view of knowledge sociology and cultural sociology. Unfortunately, due to the premature death, he predicted that the “Confucian sociology” plan would become an unfinished business.