Politically, Wang Yangming went to Zuodu Duchayuan as an imperial adviser and governor of Guangdong, Guangxi, Huguang and Jiangxi provinces. He was the governor of Gannan and Jiangxi, a former new official, and a public office after his death.
Militarily, Wang Yangming selected and trained militia regardless of the court cost, and put down a large-scale rebellion that plagued four southern provinces; Under the constraint of the imperial court, he led a militia with no actual combat experience, and defeated tens of thousands of elite soldiers of Ning Wangzhu in just 35 days, smashing his decades-long usurpation plan; However, the suppression of bandits in southern Jiangxi and the conquest of Sitian in Guangxi reflected Wang Yangming's military thought of using both the army and the people, and promoted the tactics of military strategists to the realm of "being unmoved."
Philosophically, Wang Yangming combined the essence of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, broke the rigid official ideology of Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism, and founded Yangming's mind theory with three propositions: mind is reason, knowledge and action are integrated, and conscience is awakened. From prime minister to farmer, believers spread quickly and widely, which is unparalleled not only in the Ming Dynasty, but also rare in ancient and modern China and foreign countries. There are countless disciples in high positions among officials, including Xu Jie, Zhang,,, etc. ) into the cabinet to worship each other, leading the way in their respective fields, such as crucian carp crossing the river (Xu Wenchang, Tang Xianzu, Xu Guangqi, Li Zhi, etc. In the Ming Dynasty, he worshipped Confucius Temple. In modern times, Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, Zhang Taiyan, Sun Yat-sen, Chen Duxiu, and Hu Shizhi in the May 4th Movement all absorbed people's liberation and fearless self-esteem from Yangming's mind, and established immortal achievements.
Yangming's theory of mind is by no means a fantasy in his study, but a real weapon to apply what he has learned. When it comes to politics, he became a first-rate politician; Used in the military, he became the most terrible strategist.
Therefore, China people who have been brainwashed by the theory of success for many years should ask themselves: Why do they read Zeng Guofan every day or are they frustrated in their official career? Why is Hu Xueyan still poor after studying day and night?
Because you haven't experienced the same mental journey as them. Everyone will say that a hundred schools of thought contend for their own purposes, but it is not from the heart that he honed a strong mind that is impartial and full of vitality. Even if he does the same thing and says the same thing, his actions will be out of shape. After all, he was born of his heart and his feelings moved with him.
Yangming's theory of mind is the study of refining the mind and the "foundation of all things" The reason why Wang Yangming accurately depicts the grand and delicate psychological map of China people is to convey a truth: all battles are psychological warfare, and inner strength is the real strength.
Things in the world are very complicated, and everyone has his own views and opinions. However, ask yourself, is that really your answer?
For a long time, we all live in a world called "self-awareness", which is a world built by your internal and external environment, with various conceptual reasoning, analysis and synthesis; Happiness and pain, lightness and heaviness. In fact, emotional fluctuations and value judgments from the heart are often only practical at one time and one place, and they are not completely correct. If they are not censored and filtered, they will become kings in the field of consciousness and precipitate into the subconscious. Over time, people will be stubborn and unclear.
In the same way, the information that books, magazines and Internet TV instill in your brain may be malicious and have different purposes. Because the writing group has long lost its independence, a post or a report may be carefully concocted and brainwashed into invisible soft text. Even if businessmen and politicians give up temporarily and intellectuals take off the title of "imperial use" and stop speaking for interest groups, the lofty values and "secrets of success" in books may not necessarily suit everyone's real needs.
Therefore, people who live in a false "self-awareness" cannot extricate themselves. When their inner true voice conflicts with false consciousness or even exposes it, negative emotions such as emptiness, loneliness, anxiety and anger will arise. In the long run, people will fall into a strange circle of self-denial and be at a loss.
In this regard, Wang Yangming's proposition is: the truth is in your heart, and you should use "body and mind" to dominate consciousness. Moreover, outside information must be interpreted and filtered at the level of consciousness before it enters the mind and body, that is, the psychological structure, because the process of socialization has never been interrupted since birth, and the correct way is not to be isolated from the world, but to examine and distinguish.
It is precisely because people with low self-esteem and cowardice do not know how to choose information and succumb to a single secular value order that their consciousness lives in what they worship, losing themselves and being alienated. Therefore, when he meets the strong person in this value ranking on which he lives (the lover of power faces the high official, and the lover of color meets the beautiful woman), his brain will surrender, let the other person's language and behavior March forward and attack the city in the deepest part of his heart. At the same time, adrenaline is secreted in large quantities, and the external image of stiff and timid limbs is unobstructed, and psychological weakness makes it a puppet of the other side.
A cruel fact is that no one can lead you, everyone chooses their own path, and only you can really change you. The function of the book is just to tell you that you can do this, that's all.
Wang Yangming's greatest contribution is to expose his body and mind to the world, illuminate himself with the light of his own nature, overlook his emotions above his consciousness, make accurate and objective judgments, and finally reach the psychological realm of "the heart does not move, but the movement is chaotic"-Ding. It must be a sudden surprise, no anger and arrogance for no reason, calm and calm, and command when you decide. Rule can be quiet, quiet can be safe, safe can be worried, and worry can be obtained.
The fixed antonym is movement. Ordinary people's hearts are often in a state of agitation, and various flashes explode in their hearts like rolling thunder. Because you can't detect that impulse, you will often get out of control if you follow your feelings and emotions. Not only can you not see the truth clearly, but you will also feel guilty and discouraged when you are in trouble. Because you are handsome with your will, your internal will is uncertain, and your external spirit will be weak. And a fixed-minded person, his heart is a mirror. Your indiscretions will be clearly reflected in the mirror, and your fatal defects will be exposed.
Seeing the essence of the problem, Wang Yangming advocates working hard on consciousness and practice, and through sincerity and dedication, shaping a solid mind body of "conforming to all things without mercy" and "doing something all day long without doing anything all the time". First of all, "mind is reason" tells us to believe in ourselves, listen to our hearts and establish a strong sense of subjectivity. Secondly, the purpose of training the mind is not to become a saint and get everything. Wang Yangming, a master of three schools, returned to Confucianism, and put forward an inspiring "unity of knowledge and action", that is, emphasizing the sage inside and the king outside, and turning the study of mind and nature into an outstanding achievement.
To sum up, Yangming's theory of mind makes people not pay too much attention to the outside world's non-laughter and non-slander, personal advance and retreat, and cultivate a flexible psychological state without loss, disturbance, fear, sorrow and resentment; Outside, because of the internal support, what we do now can be the best of both worlds without thinking, just right, moved with affection and courtesy, done with affection but not excessive, not excessive and not excessive, confident and flexible, and finally enter the realm of no distinction between inside and outside, no one, harmony with heaven and earth, and integration with everything.
Obviously, Wang Yangming did it and surpassed it.