Wang Yangming’s famous saying about establishing the heart for heaven and earth is as follows:

It means: Scholars understand the principles of creation of all things and make the way of heaven manifest. Materially adequate food and clothing, spiritual ethics and political education ensure that the people can live and work in peace and contentment.

From: "Hengqu Quotations" by Zhang Zai of the Northern Song Dynasty

Original text: Establish a heart for the heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the people, carry forward the unique knowledge for the saints, and create peace for all generations.

Translation: Scholars understand the principles of creation of all things and make the way of heaven manifest. Materially adequate food and clothing, spiritual ethics and political education ensure that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. Continue the immortal teachings of the sages of the past generations that are about to be passed down, and create a great foundation of eternal peace for generations to come.

Extended information:

The heaven and earth originally had no heart. Because people have the heart of a benevolent person who loves others and the heart of a selfless saint, the originally unintentional world has a heart; Mencius' "Those who use their minds to establish their destiny" know their nature. Knowing their nature means they are straight to heaven, keep their mind and nourish their nature, so they serve heaven.

Inherit and promote the Confucianism of Confucius and Mencius , and expand to a new height; create a prosperous and peaceful world for the country and the people; many scholars regard these four sentences as their lifelong ambitions.

Mr. Jin Yong said, "The great chivalrous person is the world of heaven and earth!" Establish one's mind, establish a destiny for the people, inherit the unique knowledge of the past saints, and create peace for all generations. When Wang Yangming was ten years old, his private school teacher taught him that he hoped that he could study hard and gain fame in the future.

Wang Yangming said, "The purpose of my study is to become a saint." Wang Yangming not only said this, but also did this. He truly achieved three immortals. Five hundred years later, he was the only one. Wang Yangming was not only recognized by China People learn, and the Japanese learn from it.