So Wang Yangming said that there are good and evil. Once the conscience is covered, there will be good and evil in meaning (thought). After having good and evil, there will be no evil for good, so there will be good and evil in outlook on life.
How does conscience cover up? Wang Yangming's conclusion is that he was infected by habit. Habit is the society we live in. Wang Yangming said with regret that because not everyone goes to conscience spontaneously, the society composed of people is not sincere, but full of politeness and hypocrisy.
Story: He once said to his disciples in a lecture: "Everyone has a saint in his chest, but he is not confident and refuses to work hard, so he buried this saint." The disciples are very passive. Wang Yangming looked at a disciple and said, "You have a saint in your heart."
Disciple immediately stood up, very flustered: "I dare not." Wang Yangming told him to sit down and said with a smile, "Everyone has it. Why not? " ? Everything in the world can be modest, but this one can't be modest. "Disciple accepted with a smile. Wang Yangming scanned his disciples and recited a poem of his own first: "Everyone has a Zhong Ni in his heart, which is why he heard about his sufferings and covered his mystery. Now it refers to the true face, but the conscience is even more doubtful. "
Then he commented earnestly: "everyone has a conscience, and the knowledge of saints is for this conscience." Nature is a saint, reluctantly a saint, not willing to be a fool. Although he is a fool, he is no different from a saint as long as he is willing to have a conscience. This sage of conscience is stupid, and Yao and Shun can use it. "
My friends, no matter what social class we are in, whether we are bosses or employees. What we do is good. For the better development of this society, we should do our own job well. The purpose of work is to work itself, and there is no selfish desire outside of work. Then you are pure gold and you are a saint.