Personal Strengths
In the 13th year of Zheng De's reign (15 18), Wang Shouren put peace first, and put down the civil strife that had plagued Jiangxi for decades.
In the fourteenth year of Zheng De (15 19), Wang Yangming followed the example of Battle of Red Cliffs in Poyang Lake and put down the rebellion of Zhu Chenhao, the king of Hongdu Ning.
In the seventh year of Jiajing (1528), the rebellion of the southwest kiln and the thief of Duanteng Gorge were put down.
(The famous Japanese Tougou Heihachirou once said, "I bowed to Yangming all my life." )
Personal work
literature
The famous works "Lu" and "Dragon Field Tiantiao" included in "Ancient Literature View". In his early years, Wang Shouren deliberately pursued perfection in writing poems, and in his later years he merged into philosophy.
calligraphy
Wang Shouren cursive seven-character poem vertical axis ink paper
Wang Shouren's calligraphy works are mainly cursive. Wang Shouren integrated the theory of mind and nature into calligraphy, enriching China and calligraphy theory.
think
Yangming school, also known as Wang Xue and Xue Xin, as a school of Confucianism, can be traced back to Mencius at the earliest, and it is a kind of Confucianism developed in Wang Shouren. Judging from Wang Shouren's life experience, he was obviously influenced by Taoism more than Buddhism, but ultimately he could not leave the essence of Confucianism. Wang Shouren inherited Lu Jiuyuan's thought that "mind is reason" and opposed Cheng Yi and Zhu's method of "seeking truth from things". Because things are endless and tiring, he advocates "seeking truth from his own heart" 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. Knowledge must be manifested in behavior, if not, it can't be regarded as real knowledge.
Yangming school is one of the mainstream theories in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, which later spread in Japan and had great influence on Japan and East Asia.