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. [ 12]
calligraphy
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 he could not do without the essence of Confucianism. Inherit Lu Jiuyuan's thought that "mind is reason" and oppose Cheng's pursuit of "the most reason" through things.
Wang Shouren's former residence (55 photos)
The method of "knowing from things" advocates "conscience" and seeks "reason" from one's own heart because things are endless and annoying. "Reason" is in people's heart, and "Reason" transforms everything in the universe. People grasp its subtlety, so people grasp 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. Knowledge must be manifested in behavior, if not, it can't be regarded as real knowledge. [ 1]
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.
work
College topics, complete works of Wang Yangming, and biographies.
His works are included in Ming History [1] [3] China's View on Ancient Literature.