Judging from Wang Shouren's life experience, he was obviously influenced by Taoism more than Buddhism, but he could not do without the essence of Confucianism. Wang Shouren inherited Lu Jiuyuan's thought that "mind is reason".
Oppose Cheng Yi and Zhu's method of seeking "ultimate truth" through things. Because things are endless, it is tiring to be unique. So they advocate "to conscience" and seek "truth" from their own hearts. The truth is all in the heart and turned into everything in the universe. Man has grasped its delicacy, so man has grasped its essence. In the relationship between knowledge and action, it is emphasized that knowledge is more important than action, and there are actions in knowledge and knowledge in action. The so-called "integration of knowledge and practice" is inseparable from the two.
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Commemoration of future generations
Wang Shouren's former residence is located in Vu Thang Road at the northern foot of Longquan Mountain, Yuyao Town, Yuyao City, Zhejiang Province. In the eighth year of Chenghua (1472), Wang Shouren was born here. According to the central axis from south to north, the main buildings in the former residence are hall, sedan chair hall, brick gatehouse, hall, Ruiyun building and back building. There are wings on both sides of the hall.
The influence of later generations
Together with Confucius, Mencius and Zhu, they are also called "masters of mind".
The direct source of Wang Shouren's Wang Xue's theory and thought is Chen Xianzhang and Zhan Ruoshui's "Chen Zhan Xue Xin". The basic course of the development of Xue Xin in Ming Dynasty can be summarized as follows: Chen Xianzhang started, Zhan Ruoshui perfected, and Wang Yangming epitomized. His academic thoughts spread to China, Japan, Korean Peninsula and Southeast Asia, and his achievements were the best in the next generation.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Wang Yangming