What is the twenty-two-character famous saying left by Zhang Zai, a great scholar from thousands of years ago, that is known to all women and children? As one of the five sons of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhang Zaiwuyi was full of knowledge.

I just happened to read "A Brief History of Chinese Philosophy" by Feng Youlan, which made me have some impressions of Zhang Zai. This man is very good. He can be said to be the founder of New Confucianism. We all know that Wang Yangming is very good. , because he is a representative of New Confucianism, and his philosophy of mind has influenced many people. Even Mao and Chiang Kai-shek admired him. Even the Japanese God of War, Togo Heihachiro, wore a sign that read "Kowtow to Yomei for the rest of his life." He is better than Wang Yangming. He is Wang Yangming's elder and friend. He has influenced Wang Yangming, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a teacher.

What did he study? The study of emperors. We all think that the study of emperors is the Book of Changes, but in fact it is not complete. New Confucianism is a new knowledge that integrates the Book of Changes and Confucianism. It is different from the Cheng-Zhu school, so it is called New Confucianism. He thoroughly studied the changes in dynasties and even human beings. He further derived the Bagua. One pole gave rise to two poles, and two poles gave rise to four phenomena, thus creating 64 hexagrams. It is even estimated that the human cycle lasts 19,980 days. I can't judge whether these are right or wrong. But I remember that a few years ago, I said that 2012 was the world's best day, which was nothing compared to him. Don’t think that all foreign people are gods. In fact, our ancestors were too smart. It’s just because everyone knows that many of the things left by our ancestors were called pseudoscience or feudal superstition and were ruthlessly abandoned. In this world, what is really true? Not many people study the truth, especially when questioning the birth and development of human beings.

I don’t want to write anymore, as I said, if you want to know more comprehensively, you’d better read the book. I don’t want to mislead you, after all, I only scratch the surface.

By the way, there is another person who is also his friend, Lu Jiuyuan of the Lu Wang School known as New Confucianism. He is very good, but Zhang Zai has been forgotten by the stars of history. But that doesn't mean he's not awesome.

Anyway, if you don’t know this person yet, hurry up and get to know him!