本文主要研討明代中期陽明學派的講會活動，分別討論講會的成員、舉行的地點、時間、活動形式和內容，指出陽明講會乃地方鄉紳士人定期的學術交友活動，在性質上接近文人結社，不但不完全隸屬於書院內的活動，許多時候更是書院的前身，是促成書院興復的重要因素。本文也根據從講會發展到書院的例子，討論陽明學者、鄉紳、和地方官員如何合力以自己的學術理想，投身公共建設、企圖改善地方風俗、維繫自己在地方社會的領導地位等作爲。文末並簡略指出陽明講會活動與晚明興盛的社會福利團體間潛存的關聯。

This article discusses the characteristics of the Yang-ming chiang-hui and their social and political implications. Yang-ming chiang-hui were local elite associations, whose periodic meetings assembled likeminded friends for philosophical discussions and moral cultivation. In addition to discussing the social status of their members, their location, duration, and activities, I try to argue against the conventional practice of confining chiang-hui activities to what went on at the academies. I show that chiang-hui often formed the foundation of the Yang-ming oriented academies. Since Yang-ming learning has been recognized as the most influential force for the revival of Ming academies, this wave of revival was based on the prosperity of chiang-hui, rather than the other way around. Furthermore, I also analyze how the members of the Yang-ming chiang-hui were involved in the construction of academies, and explore the socio-political engagement of gentry and scholars in local society.

陽明學；講會；書院；明代

Wang Yang-ming; Yang-ming learning; chiang-hui; academy; Ming