劉蕺山《人譜》中，紮實的面對「人性」與「過」之內涵。除了探討儒學傳統所關心的「人性論」之外，蕺山更鮮明的點出「諸慾望」之對峙方法，且細膩的談論「過」之來源。熟稔蕺山思想者，皆知其以「獨體」為價值本身，失去「意」之定向主宰後所產生的「念」，可說是一種「離此獨體」的狀態，故可產生種種之「過」。而此次探究，一方面談論儒者脈絡的「道德的純粹性」，另一方面聚焦蕺山《人譜》所指出的「微過」、「妄」……等相關概念，來陳述《人譜》中所帶出的細緻工夫論，以呈顯蕺山談論道德純粹內涵的細膩之處。

In Schemata of Humanity, Liu Ji-Shan delved into the depth of “human nature” and “falsehood.” In addition to the shared concern for the theory of human nature in the tradition of Confucianism, he offered some practical methods to detect and regulate one’s desire and elucidated the origin of “falsehood.” Liu Ji-Shan was specifically known for his emphasis upon “Du Ti”; a subject, disoriented from the “Yi” and thereby dissociated from “Du Ti,” would have “thoughts” leading to all kinds of falsehood. In this project, on the one hand, I intend to investigate “the purity of morality” of Confucian. On the other hand, I aim to study the ideas of trivial deviation and “wang” in order to illustrate the exquisite “gong fu” exemplified in Ji-Shan’s Schemata of Humanity and highlight his incisive insight of “the purity of morality.”