Wang Yangming's famous sayings

1. There is no good or disgusting body, and there are good and bad actions. Knowing good and evil is conscience, and doing good and eliminating evil is observing things.

2. The way to rebuke friends is to give them advice and teach them well, to know their loyalty and love, and to make them gentle, so that they can follow them after hearing them, change them by interpreting them, and feel nothing but nothing. Anger is a good ear.

3. Confucius? It is true to seek it from the heart. Although the words come from mediocrity, I dare not think that it is wrong. What's more, it comes from Confucius?

4. The most important thing to learn is to get it from your heart. Seeking it from the heart is not true. Although the words come from Confucius, I dare not think that it is true, but it is not as good as it can be.

5. Determined to study hard is like planting a tree. The roots and buds are not yet dry. It has a stem but no branches yet. Branches and then leaves. Leaves then bloom. When the roots are first planted, just cultivate and irrigate them. Don't think about it. Don't think about it. Don't think too much. Don't think realistically. What's the use of wondering? But don’t forget the merits of cultivation, I’m afraid. There are no branches, leaves or flowers.

6. The value of learning is to seek it from the heart rather than from the heart. Although his words come from Confucius, I dare not think that they are true. What's more, they are not as good as Confucius? It's true that it comes from the heart. Although what he said comes from mediocrity, I dare not think it is wrong. What's more, it comes from Confucius?

7. The saints are of the same body as the world, the people, and the people. Confucianism, Buddhism, Laoism, and Zhuang are all for my use. This is called the great road. The second family is selfish, which is called a small way.

8. Without determination, it is like a boat without a rudder or a horse without a rein, drifting and galloping, where will it end up?

9. The emotions of a large number of children, happy to play but afraid of being detained, are like the beginning of vegetation sprouting. If it is relaxed, it will become well-organized, and if it is scratched, it will wither. If you teach children today, you will make them tend to be inspired and have a happy heart, so that they can't stop progressing. For example, when it rains and spring breeze touches the plants and trees, they will all sprout and grow, and they will naturally change with the passing of the day and the moon. If the frost peels off, business will be depleted and the sun will wither.

10. When you are quiet, think about it to eliminate human desires and preserve the principles of nature. When moving, think about it to eliminate human desires and preserve the principles of heaven. No matter quiet or not.

11. The truth of all things lies within my heart.

12. The reason why a saint is a saint is based on pure heavenly principles, not on talent. Therefore, even if you are an ordinary person, if you are willing to learn and make your mind pure with heavenly principles, you can become a saint.

13. A serious illness in life is just the word "arrogance".

14. Unity of knowledge and action.

15. People have different qualifications, so teaching cannot be based on the same qualifications.

16. There is no calamity greater than the merits of the heavens, no crime greater than the good deeds of others, no evil greater than the ability to attack, no humiliation greater than the shame of forgetting oneself, the four are prepared and the disaster is complete.