Excerpts from Wang Shouren's famous sayings

Wang Shouren was a famous thinker, writer, philosopher and strategist in Ming Dynasty, a master of Lu Wang's mind, and was proficient in Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. The following are excerpts from Wang Shouren's famous sayings that I compiled for you. I hope you like them!

1. A serious illness in life is just a word "pride". -Wang Shouren

2. Holding an ambition is like heartache, and focusing on pain, there is no time for gossiping and meddling. -Wang Shouren

3. Nothing is impossible without a will. -Wang Shouren

4. The heart does not move, but moves randomly. -Wang Shouren

5. He who attacks our shortcomings is our teacher. -Wang Shouren

6. In Younan Town, Wang Shouren, a friend pointed to the flower tree in the rock and asked, "There are things in the world that are unintentional, so what does it matter to my heart if the flower tree blooms and falls in the deep mountains?" The gentleman said, "When you didn't see this flower, it died with your heart;" When you come to see this flower, the color of this flower will be understood for a while; You will know that this flower is not in your heart. " -Wang Shouren

7. If you don't have a will, like a boat without a rudder and a horse without a title, what will you end up with? -Wang Shouren

8. Those who don't know but don't do it. What you know but don't do is just unknown-Wang Shouren

9. -Wang Shouren

1. The master of the body is the heart, the heart is the meaning, the noumenon of the meaning is the knowledge, and the meaning is the thing. -Wang Shouren's

11. Knowing is the beginning of doing, and doing is the achievement of knowing. -Wang Shouren

12. Everyone has his own set of needles, and the root of all things is always in his heart. But I laughed and saw it upside down, looking for it outside the branches and leaves. -Wang Shouren's "Four Poems on Conscience Showing Life"

13. The heart is rational, unreasonable outside the heart, nothing outside the heart, nothing outside the heart. —— Wang Shouren

14. The disaster is greater than the merits of heaven, the crime is greater than hiding the goodness of others, the evil is deeper than the ability to attack, and the humiliation is more important than the shame of forgetting yourself. The four are prepared and will be disastrous. -Wang Shouren

15. "The master of the body is the heart, the heart is the meaning, the ontology of the meaning is the knowledge, and the meaning is the thing. Ruyi lies in the pro-thing, that is, pro-thing is one thing; It means to be a gentleman, that is, a gentleman is a thing; It means that benevolent people love things, that is, benevolent people love things is one thing. " -Wang Shouren's "Biography"

16. The sage is the same as the people of heaven and earth, and Confucianism, Buddhism, the old and Zhuang are all used by me, which is called the avenue. Two selfish, it is called the trail. -Wang Shouren

17. If you don't study diligently, you will never learn. -Wang Shouren

18. Modesty is the foundation of all good, and pride is the root of all evil. -Wang Shouren

19. When you are friends, you will gain in the lower level of business, but you will lose in the upper level. -Wang Shouren

2. Therefore, those who are determined are also the heart of learning; As a scholar, it is also a matter of determination. -Wang Shouren

21. Things in the world are easy to get, but they are easy to lose; If it accumulates soon, it will not be macro. -Wang Shouren

22. Tell the history with events and tell the classics with Tao; Things are Tao, and Tao is things; The Spring and Autumn Period is also a classic, and the Five Classics is also a history-Wang Shouren's

23. The first thing is to focus on a heavenly principle-Wang Shouren's

24. If you don't stand your will, if you don't have a rudder, a horse without a title will wander and escape, and what will happen in the end-Wang Shouren

25. The heart of the Tao loses its rightness, that is, the heart. -Wang Shouren

26. Conscience is just a heart of right and wrong. -Wang Shouren

27. The danger is not stuck in the chest, so what is the difference between floating clouds and space? In the night, the sea of tranquility and the waves are three Wan Li, and the moon is bright and the sky is windy. -Wang Shouren's "Oceanwide"

28. "The heart is still a mirror. A saint's heart is like a mirror. Ordinary people are in a daze. In modern times, it is said that if you look at things with a mirror, you will work hard. I don't know if the mirror is still faint, how can I shine? A gentleman's style is like grinding a mirror to make it clear. Grind hard. I didn't waste my photos after I knew it. " -Wang Shouren's

29. Open-minded, reverse-minded and sincere-Wang Shouren's

3. Experience in peace, temper in things. -Wang Shouren

31. When you are silent and ignorant, this is the foundation of everything. Throw away your endless treasures and hold a bowl along the door to help the poor. -Wang Shouren's "Four Poems of Conscience Showing All Life"

32. Where is the boundless cliff looking at the twin peaks? Worship the northwest wind and sweep away the haze for me. -Wang Shouren's Twin Peaks

33. A gentleman is tireless in teaching others, but a teacher must be strict-Wang Shouren

34. What's the point of a sage? What would a saint do? What would a saint do? Mr. Wang asked himself this question when he was facing life and death in Guizhou and had no food and clothing. -Wang Shouren's Wang Shouren

35. There are not many books, but be adept at is expensive. -Wang Shouren's "Biography"

36. The heart is the Tao, that is, the sky is intimate, and you know how to know the sky-Wang Shouren

37. Conscience, Mencius called' the heart of right and wrong, everyone has it'. The heart of right and wrong is known without worrying, and can be learned without learning, so it is called conscience. -Wang Shouren's "University Question"

38. "Beyond conscience, you are more ignorant, and beyond knowledge, you are even more ignorant." -Wang Shouren's Complete Works of Wang Shouren

39. There is nothing in the heart, and things are born with the heart-Wang Shouren

4. What is it? Work hard in the trouble field. There is no formula for the sage, but the word conscience is the same. -Wang Shouren's "Four Poems of Conscience Showing the Life"

41. Tell the history with events and tell the classics with Tao; Things are Tao, and Tao is things; The Spring and Autumn Period and the Five Classics are also historical; Yi is the history of Bao Xi's family, the book is the history of Yao and Shun, and the rites and music are the history of three generations. What are the differences between them? -Wang Shouren's Biography

42. "To know the sky with all your heart is to know things safely." -Wang Shouren's "Biography"

43. Pitching between heaven and earth, it is striking. It's a good idea to have more fun with a ladle. You can forget my old age at the foot of Yangming Mountain. -Wang Shouren's "Reading Yi"

44. Scholars who are interested in saints, who are trained by Confucius and Mencius, are asking for it, but they hope that the light is too small for fireflies. Isn't it ridiculous? -Wang Shouren

45. "Empty spirit is not ignorant, and everything comes out with many reasons, unreasonable outside the heart and nothing outside the heart." -Wang Shouren's Biography

46. You are ashamed of not being the first, and I am ashamed of not being tempted. -Wang Shouren

47. There is no supply in the mountains, and the moon and the breeze don't need money. -Wang Shouren

48. Heaven is man's desire-Wang Shouren

49. Therefore, to be a saint is purely heaven, not talent. Therefore, although mortal, but willing to learn, so that this heart is purely natural, you can also be a saint. -Wang Shouren

5. When you didn't see this flower, it died with you; When you come to see this flower, you will know that the color of this flower is not in your heart. -Wang Shouren's "Biography"

51. Those who plant trees must cultivate their roots, and those who plant virtue must cultivate their hearts. -Wang Shouren's "Biography"

52. Take care of yourself, and my heart will send you three miles. -Wang Shouren

53. If the heart is bright, what can be said-Wang Shouren

54. It is easy to break the thief in the mountain, but difficult to break the thief in the heart-Wang Shouren

55. There is no body that is good and disgusting, and there are good and malicious actions. Knowing good and evil is a conscience, and doing good and evil is a thing. -Wang Shouren

56. Unity of knowing and doing: knowing the truth is doing, and knowing the truth is knowing. -Wang Shouren

57. Be modest and generous. —— Wang Shouren's "Biography"

58. It is not expensive to make mistakes, but more expensive to be able to correct them. -Wang Shouren's "Biography"

59. All saints have passed the shadow, and conscience is my teacher. -Wang Shouren

6. "When you didn't see this flower, it died with you; When you come to see this flower, the color of this flower will be understood for a while. -Wang Shouren ";