《西游記》無疑具有心學思想,但對于它是否就是明代王陽明心學這一問題學界尚有異議。考察長篇神話小說的文體特征和道教蘊涵兩個方面,可以揭示北宋邵雍心學與《西游記》的內在契合關系,確立邵雍在《西游記》中的重要地位,從而對《西游記》的心學內涵作出全面、正確的認識。王陽明心學與邵雍有聯系、有區別,然不宜混為一談。

Journey to the West indisputably contains the philosophy of the mind,but there is no consensus whether it is derived from Wang Yangming’s mentalism. An examination of the stylistic features and the Taoist intention of mythological novels reveals a certain identity between Shao Yong’s mind philosophy and that of Journey to the West and therefore establishes the significance of Shao’s philosophy for the writing of the novel. This realization helps to completely understand the intention of the novel’s mind philosophy. Wang Yangming’s mentalism and Shao Yong’s mind philosophy have something in common yet remain apart; they are not to be confused.