International Communication Studies in Literature and Art
ICSLA, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2025, pp.130-134.
Print ISSN: 3079-2711; Online ISSN: 3104-5081
Journal homepage: https://www.icslajournal.com
DOI: Https://doi.org/10.64058/ICSLA.25.1.12
陈 剑（Chen Jian）
摘要：顾明栋所著《禅与悟的性质和原理》一书革新了传统的无意识理论，建构出一种源自中国智慧、独树一帜的禅学本体论。首先，它颠覆了精神分析学中以儿童经验为载体的“阳具中心主义”，以“胎儿之心”解析禅的实践原理与实际效用，这或可称为“子宫中心主义”；其次；它将禅修所获得的“宇宙无意识”看作通过暂停语言功能重获的出生前的无意识状态，这导向一种新的“宇宙-子宫论”，学禅者能在天地之间再度孕育身心以臻圣境；再次，它立足庄子的“心斋”和惠能的“无念”，力证禅宗及其无意识理论的本土化起源，指出其是超越国别、时代和信仰的个人普适性宗教。这样一种通过学禅获得的“胎儿无意识”，或意味人类出生后跳出语言死的罗网中再度出生的可能性。
关键词：禅；无意识；“胎儿之心”；“心斋”；“无念”
作者简介：陈剑（Chen Jian），广东海洋大学文学与新闻传播学院副教授，研究方向：中国先秦思想和西方哲学。电邮：2661742522@qq.com。
Title: The Ontological Construction of Chan under the Theory of the Unconscious: A Review of Mingdong Gu’s The Nature and Rationale of Zen/Chan and Enlightenment
Abstract: Mingdong Gu’s The Nature and Rationale of Zen/Chan and Enlightenment presents a unique theory of the unconscious rooted in Chinese wisdom. First, it challenges the phallocentric perspective in psychoanalysis, which is based on childhood experiences, and instead interprets the principles and practical effects of Chan through the concept of the “prenatal mind”, a perspective may be referred to as “womb-centrism”. Second, it views the “cosmic unconscious” attained through Chan practice as a return to a prenatal unconscious state by suspending linguistic functions, this points toward a new “cosmo-uterine theory”, in which a Chan practitioner may once again gestate body and mind within the cosmic environment, thereby attaining a state of sagehood. Third, drawing from Zhuangzi’s concept of “fasting of the mind” and Huineng’s notion of “mindlessness”, the book argues for the indigenous origins of Chan teachings and their unconscious theory, emphasizing Chan as a universal personal religion that transcends nationality, era, and belief systems. Such a “fetal unconsciousness” attained through Chan practice may suggest the possibility of being born again after birth—of escaping the dead net of language and entering the world anew.
Keywords: Chan; the unconscious; “prenatal mind”; “fasting of the mind”; mindlessness
Author Biography: Chen Jian, Associate Professor, College of Literature and Journalism, Guangdong Ocean University. Research Areas: Chinese Pre-Qin Thought and Western Philosophy. E-mail: 2661742522@qq.com.
Received: 05 May 2025 / Revised: 13 May 2025 / Accepted: 18 May 2025 / Published online: 30 May 2025 / Print published: 30 Jun 2025; Print ISSN: 3079-2711 · Online ISSN: 3104-5081 / by ICSLA, Vol.1, No.1, 2025, pp.130-134.
