Yangming's "Three Laws of Printing"

The "three seals" of Yangming's theory of mind can be summarized as "three hearts";

Conscience leads to conscience,

The essence of being a man,

Listen to the call of conscience, not be disturbed by the outside world,

This is an independent heart.

The ingenious combination of knowledge and practice,

The way you do things,

It's hard to take refuge and sharpen things,

This is a strong heart,

The idea of "whatever you want" is rationality,

Do your own mentality.

With conscience and intelligence, we should do good as well as good.

In the end, it will achieve "do whatever you want, don't overstep the moment."

It is in line with human feelings to let one's mind be tempted at any time and place.

This is a free heart!

Going back to Wang Yangming's "three dharma seals" and the three hearts I summarized, we will find that it is also the integration of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.

Conscience sees itself.

"Conscience" points to motivation, and its essence is to create harmony between man and heart, which is the Buddhist philosophy of life.

An ingenious person sees all beings.

"Unity of knowledge and action" points to action, and its essence is to create harmony between man and society, which is the social philosophy of Confucianism.

Look at the world at will.

"Mind is reason" points to the result, and its essence is to create harmony between man and nature, which is the natural philosophy of Taoism.

Summary: the theory of mind and nature combines the compassion of Buddha, the responsibility of Confucianism and the freedom of Tao. Therefore, we say that the study of mind is the unity of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, the unity of life philosophy, social philosophy and natural philosophy, and the epitome of China's traditional culture.