Wang Yangming's works include "Great Learning", "The Complete Works of Wang Yangming", and "Traditional Records", and his works are included in "History of the Ming Dynasty" and "Guanwen Guanzhi".
Wang Shouren (October 31, 1472 - January 9, 1529), Han nationality, his childhood name was Yun, his courtesy name was Bo'an, and his nickname was Yangming. A native of Yuyao County, Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province (now part of Yuyao, Ningbo), he named himself Yangmingzi because he once built a house in Yangming Cave in Kuaiji Mountain. Scholars called him Mr. Yangming, also known as Wang Yangming.
A famous thinker, writer, philosopher and military strategist in the Ming Dynasty. He was the master of Lu Wang's philosophy and was proficient in Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. In the twelfth year of Hongzhi (1499), he was a Jinshi. He successively served as chief of the Ministry of Justice, Longchang Yicheng of Guizhou, magistrate of Luling, censor of Youqiandu, governor of Southern Jiangxi, and governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. In his later years, he served as Shangshu of the Ministry of War in Nanjing and Zuoyuan of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Du censor.
Born and Extraordinary
Wang Shouren was born into a prominent family in Yuyao County, Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province in the eighth year of Chenghua (1472), the eighth year of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty. His father, Wang Hua, was born in the 17th year of Chenghua. In 1481, he won the first prize and became the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel in Nanjing.
Wang Shouren was born with a special temperament. His mother did not give birth until she was fourteen months pregnant. Before he was born, his grandmother dreamed that the god of heaven, dressed in scarlet jade, was preaching from the clouds and holding an infant son, who fell from the sky. His grandfather named him "Yun" and gave him the name "Yun". The place where he lived was named "Ruiyun Tower".