Huang Zongxi put forward the democratic thought of "the world is the mainstay and the monarch is the guest". He said that "the rule of chaos in the world is not the rise and fall of a surname, but the sadness and joy of the whole people", and advocated replacing the emperor's "one family law" with "the law of the world", thus limiting the autocratic monarchy and safeguarding the people's basic rights. Huang Zongxi's political ideas attacked the feudal autocratic monarchy system, which was of great significance and played a positive role in promoting the later struggle against autocracy.
Huang Zongxi, Gu and Wang Fuzhi are called "the three great thinkers in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties", Gu, Fang Yizhi and Wang Fuzhi are also called "the five great thinkers in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties", and they are also called "the father of China's ideological enlightenment" with Kun Li in Shaanxi and Sun Qifeng in Rongcheng, Zhili.
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Industry and commerce are the foundation, and Huang Zongxi, an enlightenment thinker in Ming and Qing Dynasties, thinks that industry and commerce are equally important as agriculture. In "Ming Yi to be Visited: Financial Plan III", he said: "Scholars don't observe, take industry and commerce as the end, and discuss at will. Those who strive to consolidate the wishes of the holy king, merchants make them willing to debut, Gaiye. "
It is believed that real industries refer to those industries that consume and waste social wealth, such as those that serve weddings and funerals, those that believe in Buddhism and witchcraft, those that advocate Excellence, and restaurants and machine repair shops. General industries and businesses that help to increase social wealth are as important as agriculture. Huang Zongxi's theory that industry and commerce are based on this theory has certain enlightenment to modern bourgeois thinkers who emphasize the foundation and restrain the criticism of purpose.