) to show the determination to learn. I devoted myself to studying the psychology of mind and nature, and made great progress in a few years. Thanks to Yan's advice, his knowledge has been greatly improved and won Chen's appreciation, thus becoming the successor of Baisha theory. In March of the eleventh year of Hongzhi, Baisha praised his academic achievements in his letter: "The books are very good, and the principles of nature can be understood everywhere every day. With this whip, why can't I surpass the ancients? " In the second year, "Jiangmen Diaotai" was handed over to Ruoshui.
For example, the postscript of "Poems on Fishing Terrace in Jiangmen" reads: "Damocles came to deliver clothes as a letter. Jiangmen Diaoyutai, the mantle of the sick man! It will be a blessing to take over with Minze today. Take care! Take care! " In the thirteenth year of Hongzhi (1500), Baisha died, and Ruoshui mourned for it for three years. Water didn't like it. After repeated persuasion by his mother and guangzhou fu, Hongzhi went to the north to take the exam at the behest of his mother for seventeen years. He was appreciated by imperial academy's wine offering chapter and went to study in imperial academy, Nanjing.
In the eighteenth year of Hongzhi (1505), he entered Beijing after passing the examination. His article was praised by examiners Zhang and Yang Tinghe. He is a scholar, so he chose Jishi Shu in imperial academy. Looking for the editor of the Hanlin Academy. If he enters the official career, he will have the opportunity to promote his Neo-Confucianism in the Central Plains. At that time, he made friends with Wang Yangming (Shou Ren), Lu Yi, Chong Wang and others, followed by literati, and gained great fame. For example, Shuishui takes "managing tomorrow everywhere" as its religion, claiming that "Yangming's words are different from mine, and Yangming's so-called heart refers to the square inch, which I call the heart, reflecting everything without inheritance". It is called "Wang Zhan Studies".
In the seventh year of An 'an (15 12), Guo was sent to confer the title of King Annan. On the 17th day of the first month of the following year, he arrived in Guo. After returning home, he refused to thank Annan and Hou Wang, which won the hearts of the people. When I got back, I wrote Southern Communication Fu. At the age of 50, my mother fell ill, was buried from Jingfeng and stayed at home for three years. After the full service, he went to Xiqiao Mountain to build an academy and gathered for four years to give lectures. If Shuiyue pays attention to teaching methods, students should learn etiquette first, understand the rules of study, sit quietly and concentrate now, and then teach.
In the first year of Jiajing (1522), Wu Tingju and Yushi Zhu Jie recommended Ruoshui to the imperial court, and then returned to Beijing to be reinstated and added to the editing of the Imperial Academy. The following year, I transferred to the Hanlin Academy to study. The following year, he served as a wine offering ceremony in imperial academy, Nanjing, and wrote "The Picture of Heart and Nature". Four years later, he was promoted to the right assistant minister of Nanjing official department, and the next year he was transferred to the left assistant minister of does department, which was divided into southern and northern suburbs.
In the third year of Jiajing (1524), he was promoted to imperial academy, Nanjing, where he offered wine, and later served as the three ministers of Nanjing's officials, ceremonies and soldiers. After being admitted as a scholar, Zhan Ruoshui devoted himself to setting up academies in Nanjing, Yangzhou, Panyu, Zengcheng and Nanhai, teaching Neo-Confucianism, especially spreading the knowledge of Baisha. In his lectures, he put forward the concepts of "learning from objects to understand the principles of nature" and "knowing benevolence first, and benevolence is integrated with everything in the world", and made innovations in carrying forward Baisha theory, which eventually became a major school of Neo-Confucianism and was hailed as "the study of Ganquan". At that time, people called the "wide school" of Neo-Confucianism founded by him and the "Zhejiang study" founded by another Neo-Confucianism scholar Wang Yangming as "Wang Zhan's study", which was the ear of Neo-Confucianism in the middle of Ming Dynasty. His influence spread almost all over the country, with more than 4 thousand disciples. Because there are too many people studying with him, one apprentice is often needed to teach students successfully.
At the age of 68, he was promoted from the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites to the senior minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites. 7 1 year-old, transferred to Nanjing official department. At the age of 74, he was transferred to Nanjing Ministry of War as a maintenance counselor. At this time, King make Thai T of Annan rebelled, and Emperor Jiajing wanted to make a personal expedition. Ruoshui's book "On Ruling" was sparse and opposed to sending troops. Because of disagreement with the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, he requested to be an official. At 75, he became an official. Since then, he has ended his career as an official, traveling in the southeast and giving lectures. After returning to Guangzhou, he built the "Tianguan Academy" to give lectures near the Yamen (Tianguan was originally named Tongguan, and it was called "Tianguanli" because Ruoshui used to be a big official in the official department, that is, around Dongfeng Middle Road in Guangzhou today).
If the water officer stayed in Beijing for two days, he founded an academy, wrote books and gave lectures endlessly, and paid more attention to giving lectures after returning to Guangdong. Therefore, Guangdong New Language says, "Ganquan Wengguan Shangqing agreed to take food, and the rest was given to his family and disciples, more than 3,900 scholars. In Huicheng (Guangzhou), there are academies such as Tiangong, Xiaoyu, Baiyun, Shangtang and Pujian. Or go to Xiqiao and give lectures in Zengcheng, Dengluofu and Shangnan Lane. There are Xiqiao University, Mingcheng in Zengcheng, Li Andong in South Xiangshan, Governor of Xintang and Ganquan. Ruoshui is rich in knowledge and writings, with more than a thousand volumes of calligraphy, life works and poems. Before he became an official, he built a hook platform beside the Xintang River to commemorate his teacher Chen Baisha as a place to give lectures and rest.
In the thirty-ninth year of Jiajing (1560), he died in Guangzhou Yushan Jingshe on April 22nd at the age of ninety-five.
Jiajing was buried in Tiancanling (He Yong Town, Zengcheng) on October 25th, 42nd year.
In the first year of Qin Long (1567), Prince Shaobao was posthumously given a suicide note.
Zhan Ruoshui attached importance to the education in his hometown, and set up an academy in Guangdong to support the post-school education, which brought up many talents and effectively promoted the process of Lingnan culture. In May of the 19th year of Jiajing (1540), he was allowed to withdraw his troops and return to his hometown. Since then, he has repeatedly given lectures in Guangdong. His posthumous works include Mind Map, Learning and Thinking Classics, etc.