作为北宋道学的权威读本,《近思录》对今人研究道学思想无疑具有重要意义。然而,其史料价值究竟有多大,是否像有些学者所言,是通向《四书》的阶梯,从而具有某种“准经典”(参见陈荣捷,1992年,“引言”)的地位,这是值得讨论的。与此相关,《近思录》的编纂是否主要为朱熹的意见左 As the authoritative reading of Taoism in the Northern Song Dynasty, “Si Si Si Lu” is undoubtedly of great significance for the contemporary people to study Taoism. However, it is worthwhile that its historical value is as large as some scholars claim it is a staircase leading to the “Four Books,” thus having some sort of “quasi-classic” (see Chen Rongjie, 1992, “Introduction”) discussed. In this connection, whether the compilation of “Si Si Lu” is mainly the opinion of Zhu Xi is left