南宋著名的理學家朱熹（1130-1200），在閩南一帶發揚儒學，吸引很多學生而形成閩學，影響當朝與後世甚鉅。朱熹晚年對樂的整理研究，繼承漢唐、上溯夏商周，為後代之「樂」教化斷層間相互作用的可能機制，提供一個理想的機會。
本文探討朱熹「樂」的理論，在朱熹的年代「樂」有多重涵義，其中也談論禮、音樂、戲劇、娛樂、舞蹈和各種古代聚會遊戲。簡言之，是討論朱熹所繼承的「樂」道統。
筆者透過朱熹論「樂」理論文本的分析，對比北宋五子之樂理論的異同，呈現朱熹樂理論的特殊性。
提供對儒家「論樂」正確的認識，說明以悅樂的人生觀，強調合乎中道之「樂」的人生，以及節制悅樂的儒學情操。
使「樂」的「生機」在混亂社會，而人心逐漸失去盼望的病態中，發揮「針藥」的功效。
同時，本文也討論朱熹「禁戲」與樂的關係，總結朱熹論樂之創見與對後世之影響。
The famous Confucian scholar Zhu Xi (1130-1200) in the Southern Song Dynasty developed Confucianism in the Min Nan area and attracted a huge number of students who formed Min School, greatly affecting that era and later generations. Zhu Xi’s research of “Yue” in his later years focused on Han and Tang Dynasties first and then on Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties, providing an ideal opportunity to enlighten the younger generations on “Yue”.
This paper is an exploration of Zhu Xi’s theory of “Yue.” Different from that of modern musicians, Zhu Xi’s “Yue” contains many layers of meanings, referring not only to music theory but also to Li, theaters, entertainment, dances, and many kinds of ancient gathering games. In short, it is discuss Zhu Xi inherited of Confucian Lok -Orthodoxy.
Through a theoretical analysis of Zhu Xi’s texts of “Lok,” I made an attempt to contrast the similarities and differences of five scholars’ theories of “Yue” to show the particularities of Zhu Xi’s theory of “Yue”.
The purpose of the paper is to provide the readers with a correct interpretation of the Confucian theory of “Yue” so that they may develop a cheerful philosophy of life living a life in accordance with the middle way emphasized in “Yue” to show the virtue of Confucianism in restrained entertainment and delight.
It is hoped that the “organic Yue” may function as a medicine for the depressed people living in a chaotic society.
This paper also includes a discussion of the relationship between Zhu Xi’s “forbidden play” and “Yue”. It ends with Zhu Xi’s creative thought on “Yue” and its influence on the later generations.
