心与身体其他感觉器官的关系问题,备受先秦两汉所有重要思想流派的争议。众所周知,传统儒家认为心是主“情”的器官,并具有分析其他感官之间差异的能力1。对于孟子来说,“四端”学说就是关于“心”的内容,最为显著的是恻隐之心,它能促进人们德性的成长2。对于儒家来说,与其他自然的感觉器官相比,“心”是较为高级的。因为它不仅具有思考的能力,而且能评估人们所遇之事;而其他感知器官,仅仅是在于接触其他事物3。“心”比其 The relationship between the heart and other sensory organs of the body was greatly debated by all the schools of thought in pre-Qin and Han Dynasties. It is a well-known fact that traditional Confucianists regard the heart as the organ of the Lord and have the ability to analyze the differences between other senses1. For Mencius, the theory of “the four ends” is about “heart”, the most obvious is the hidden heart, which can promote the growth of people’s morality. For Confucianism, “heart” is more advanced than other natural sensory organs. Because it not only has the ability to think, but also to evaluate what people are experiencing; and other organs of perception simply come into contact with other things3. “Heart ” than it