A Study on the reception of Taoism in the former Edo period literature and thought

前江户时代的文学批评家山冈玄林认为，道教与禅宗有着密切的联系。这一观点是前江户时代对道教的认识的一个特点，可能受到宋代儒家学者林洁津的注释的影响。此外，日本儒家学者南部宗州在日本第一次对与道教有关的《太条观野辨》进行了实际注释。与林洁津一样，南部宗州也倾向于认为儒、佛、道三教是相互关联的。

Genrin Yamaoka, a literary critic in the former Edo period, had regarded Taoism and Zen had been deeply interrelated. This point of view, which is a characteristic of the perception toward Taoism in the former Edo period, could be influenced by the notation of Kiitsu RIN , a Confucianist in the age of Song dynasty. Furthermore, a Japanese Confucianist Soju Nanbu had practically annotated Taijo-Kanno-Hen which is connected with Taoism for the first time in Japan. Like Kiitsu RIN, Soju Nanbu had tended to consider that Confucianism, Buddism and Taoism had been interrelated.