The essence of Wang Yangming’s philosophy of mind: 60 original sentences.

1. The first thing should be to study and become a saint.

2. It is a shame to be number one in the world, but I am ashamed to be tempted.

3. I am detached from gains and losses, but I cannot be detached from life and death.

4. Yesterday I wore jade in my clothes. Everyone said it was very glorious. I can take off my clothes and go to bed. I'm just a poor person. What exactly did I add? Therefore, honor and disgrace are not in human hands, but in human hands.

5. This case is an unfair rebuttal. Both correct and incorrect are evil. Those who return to righteousness are called good people.

6. Suddenly, late at night, I realized the purpose of understanding things, and I began to understand the way of saints. I am self-sufficient and it is not right to ask for things.

7. In dynamic processing, do not engage in pauses. No movement in harmony means no movement in stillness.

8. The so-called "learning things" in "The Great Learning" is the so-called "benevolence" in "The Doctrine of the Mean". Knowledge, interrogation, careful consideration, discernment, and piety are all so-called honest virtues. Besides kindness, there are other so-called honest virtues.

9. We are just talking about the theory of the unity of knowledge and action, so why do we know and do evil?

10. Stillness or not, movement or stillness. Beware that fear is thought. Why distinguish between movement and stillness?

11. Fight bravely for the justice you believe in, and don’t be a coward. Otherwise, if you live for a thousand years, you will only be an animal for a thousand years.

12. Everyone is a saint, no one is worse than anyone else.

13. Some things in the world may seem polite but are actually impolite; some may seem indecent but are actually polite.

14. Nothing in the world is good or evil. All its good and evil are imposed on it by humans.

15. When faced with external criticism, especially slander, not only should you not be angry, but you should also use it as an opportunity to hone your inner strength.

16. As long as you keep your heart in mind and keep your conscience from being clouded by human desires, you will succeed.

17. The mind is like a bright mirror, and things flock together. Don't go after them.

18. Everyone is born with a saint in their heart, because we are born with a "conscience" to know right and wrong, good and evil, and becoming a saint is to realize the truest self through self-effort.

19. Conscience is an innate sense of morality and judgment.

20. Conscience reminds us to treat everything and ourselves as a whole, and say to everything, I love you, hurt your pain, be sad for your sadness, and be happy for your joy.