Wang Shouren’s Thoughts
Wang Shouren, who was revered as Mr. Yangming and Wang Wencheng by later generations, further integrated and developed the previous theories on the study of mind and combined them with the essence of Zen. part, thus giving rise to Xinxue, a theory that is more detailed and complete than the first two. This theory exists relative to Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism.
Portraits of Wang Shouren
The central ideas of Wang Shouren’s philosophy of mind are the two parts of “developing conscience” and “unity of knowledge and action”. "To be conscientious" means that a person does not need to care about external things, as long as he can follow his own inner moral standards. "Conscience" not only refers to one's own inner thoughts and morals, but also refers to the laws of nature. Wang Shouren believes that everyone has a conscience, and reason exists in everyone's heart. "Unity of knowledge and action" means that knowledge and action are interdependent and cannot be separated. "Knowledge" refers to cognition, knowing good and evil and knowing all things. "Practice" means that a person retains good and eliminates evil on the basis of "knowledge". To put it simply, if a person has a knowledge of the good and evil of a certain thing in his heart, then he will follow his inner knowledge and put his actions into practice. If a person does not put his inner cognition into action, then simply speaking, he has not achieved the "unity of knowledge and action" mentioned by Wang Shouren. From this aspect, it can be shown that knowledge is in action, and there is knowledge in action. And "leading to conscience" is the prerequisite for "unity of knowledge and action", and "unity of knowledge and action" is the criterion of "leading to conscience". The two cannot exist independently of each other.
The uniqueness of Wang Shouren’s thought is that there is no separation between knowledge and action. He believes that only the combination of the two can form a complete existence. This is why his thought became one of the mainstream thoughts of the Ming Dynasty. important factors. Even in today's society, the study of mind still has certain reference significance for us to understand ourselves. Wang Shouren integrated knowledge and action
Wang Shouren, a great Confucian of the generation who was respectfully called Wang Wenchenggong and Mr. Yangming by later generations, inherited and developed the theory of mind on the basis of his predecessors. Throughout his life, he devoted his life to the theory of mind, the mainstream thought of the Ming Dynasty. He has made many contributions and is a master of mind science. In addition to a series of essential thoughts such as "leading to conscience" and "the heart is reason", Xinxue also has a profound theory of "unity of knowledge and action".
Appreciation of calligraphy on the unity of knowledge and action
In Wang Shouren's understanding, he has never separated "knowledge" and "action" in the essence of "the unity of knowledge and action". I have always fundamentally believed that knowledge and action are integrated rather than independent entities. Where there is knowledge, there will be action. This ideological point of view is of great reference significance today. There is a sentence in his book "Zhuan Xi Lu": "The moment a thought is initiated, it is done." Maybe this sentence seems a bit too profound to us now, so we can give a simple example to illustrate what "the unity of knowledge and action" means. We all know the traditional virtue of respecting the elderly and loving the young. If you have the idea of ??respecting the elderly and loving the young in your heart, you will take certain actions to put your thoughts into practice. But why do some people, even if they have the idea of ??respecting the elderly and caring for the young, fail to practice it in real life? That's because he has not achieved "the unity of knowledge and action" in the true sense. He only knows but does not take action.
"The unity of knowledge and action" means that knowledge is in action, and there is knowledge in action. Knowledge and action are inseparable and connected with each other. "The unity of knowledge and action" is the biggest difference between Wang Shouren's philosophy of mind and Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism. Wang Shouren believes that Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism splits the concepts of knowledge and action. His theory separates the cognition and action of the majority of Confucian students. It was an important factor that led to the fragmentation of Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty. Wang Shouren's famous sayings
Wang Shouren, a great Confucian of the Ming Dynasty and revered as Wang Wenchenggong by later generations, also left a wealth of famous sayings for future generations. His famous sayings contain profound meanings and make future generations think deeply.
Appreciation of Wang Shouren's famous sayings and calligraphy
Among them, the most widely circulated sentence is "It is easy to break a thief in the mountain, but it is difficult to break a thief in the heart". This is a sentence written in a letter between Wang Shouren and his disciples when he went to Jiangxi to suppress bandits in the 13th year of Mingde.
He told his disciples that when he went to suppress the bandits, it was easy to suppress the local bandits, but it was indeed very difficult to fundamentally correct the thinking and cognition of the bandits and the local people. Their cognition had already been formed, and society The root causes of instability remain difficult to eradicate. From this sentence, it is not difficult to see that in order to change a person, one must start from his heart. Only in this way can real change be achieved. On the great historical stage of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Shouren's profound understanding was at the forefront of the times.
The phrase "The mind is the principle" must be familiar to everyone. It means that things and I are one and are not independent of each other. Understanding external objects is a person's instinct, and the heart is the existence of a person's judgment of world affairs. If the role of the heart can be brought into full play and the things and self can be unified, then this person will be able to gain insight into everything. In today's society, this also has important implications. It is not enough for a person to judge things based on his own sensibility alone. He needs to combine rationality and sensibility.
In addition to the above two famous sayings, Wang Shouren, a well-educated blogger, also handed down many other famous sayings and aphorisms, which require further exploration. From his famous sayings, we can get a glimpse of Wang Shouren's magnanimity and his own ambitions, and his obsession with politics. Wang Shouren's point of view
Wang Shouren, a great Confucian of the Ming Dynasty and the master of mind science, is known as Mr. Yangming in the world. He inherited the essence of the thoughts of previous scholars on the study of mind, and absorbed nutrients from Zen, thus forming a unique study of mind in the Ming Dynasty. However, from the perspective of the system of Wang Shouren's theory of mind, it is more detailed and more complete than the previous two theories, and the basis for his views is more sufficient and reasonable.
Appreciation of Calligraphy to Conscience
Wang Shouren's main views include: "The mind is reason", "Unity of knowledge and action", "To Conscience" and a series of psychological views.
So what is "the heart is reason"? To put it simply, it means to follow your own heart, combine your heart with cognitive thoughts, and achieve the unity of things and self in the true sense. The two are interdependent. He believes that a person's ability to recognize external objects is an instinctive existence, and the function of the heart is to judge things. If a person can maximize the role of his heart, then he can truly reach the state of unity of things and self and gain insight into all things.
The prerequisite for "unity of knowledge and action" is "developing conscience". Here, "conscience" refers to a person's inner ideological and moral cognition. Only in this way can one fundamentally obey oneself. The "unity of knowledge and action" means that one's cognition and action are interdependent rather than separate and independent. Both are indispensable. If a person has a knowledge about something in his heart, then he will take certain actions to complete this knowledge and put the knowledge in his heart into practice. It was Wang Shouren's unique and profound views that made the study of mind one of the mainstream thoughts in the Ming Dynasty.
In addition to the above three basic views on mind science, Mr. Yangming, who is knowledgeable in blogging and writing, has many other views on mind science waiting for us to dig out and read. Who is Wang Shouren?
Wang Shouren is Wang Yangming. He was born in 1472 AD, named Bo'an, and is known as Mr. Yangming in the world. He was a well-known thinker, writer, and philosopher throughout his life. He was a well-known thinker, writer, and philosopher. His most famous achievement was the integration of King Lu's philosophy.
Portrait of Wang Shouren
Wang Shouren was a native of Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province. He was born into a prominent family. He had been familiar with poetry and books since he was a child, showing his extraordinary wisdom. His parents moved from Yuyao to Shaoxing, a land of mountains and rivers, in order to provide him with a good learning environment. Wang Shouren also lived up to his parents' expectations. When he first entered a private school at the age of twelve, he was able to debate world affairs with his teacher, talk freely about current affairs of the country, and express his feelings about human affairs. He worked hard during his private school years, and later passed the examination for the first time. Although he missed the top spot several times, he became a high school scholar at the age of 27, served as the head of the Ministry of Punishment, and later became the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. , became a true mainstay of the imperial court. He was supposed to have the world in mind and be inspirational, but he was criticized by the court one after another. Although he revived in his later years, he still had the will to make suggestions for the court in his later years but was unable to do so.
Because his official career was blocked, Wang Shouren began to devote himself to enlightenment, comprehend the Confucian way of mind, and recruited disciples to give lectures. He advocated "cultivation of conscience" and "unity of knowledge and action" and opposed Zhu Xi's theory of studying things to achieve knowledge, believing that studying things to achieve knowledge deprives people of their nature and is too cumbersome.
Throughout Mr. Yangming’s life, when he was in the country, he made suggestions for the court and took the rise and fall of the country and the world as his own responsibility; when it came to learning, he inherited and developed the theory of mind, making it the mainstream theory of the Ming Dynasty. One of them is that he spread the Xinxue school far and wide overseas; as for himself, he has been writing endlessly throughout his life, writing many literary works with outstanding literary talent, and integrating the secrets of Xinxue into his calligraphy, which is worthy of his heart.