Mind and reason are two different concepts. Mind refers to the universe and reason refers to the laws of the universe. They are * * *, the relationship between the heart and the reason. The heart cannot exist without reason, and reason has no dependence without it.
The unity of knowing and doing is to know the truth of things without practice. Knowledge refers to inner awareness, understanding of things, and behavior refers to people's actual behavior. The unity of knowing and doing is neither swallowing action with knowledge nor swallowing knowledge with action, but thinking that action is knowledge, but there is conscience in the heart and good deeds outside. If there is no conscience, there will be no actual charity.
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The core essence of Yangming's theory of mind is the unity of psychology, knowing and doing, and awakening conscience. He believes that Zhu's thought of "keeping justice in nature and destroying human desires" is not in line with objective reality. He believes that "justice" is in everyone's mind and requires people to "know and do in one". By improving one's inner self-cultivation and knowledge level, one can get rid of selfish desires and distractions, so as to achieve the harmonious operation of society, which is called "to conscience".
Psychology is closer to real life. It teaches people to integrate morality and ethics into people's daily behavior and get rid of "thieves in their hearts" with conscience rather than selfish desires. Wang Yangming advocates "to conscience" and believes that only by healing people's hearts can society be saved. Only when everyone gets rid of the "evil desires" and "selfish desires" in the inner world can we solve the real social problems.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Unity of Knowledge and Practice
Baidu Encyclopedia-Mind is Reason
Baidu Encyclopedia-To Conscience