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How to understand Wang Yangming's "exerting force in the smallest place"?

It is by no means the time to "calm down to a certain extent". Yangming opposed the "quietness" of his disciples. He said that people need to hone their skills, and practicing kung fu is good. If you have to be quiet, you will be chaotic when you encounter something and will never make progress. Wang Yangming had a disciple who received a letter from home one day saying that his son was dying. He was very worried. Wang Yangming told him that it was time to use kung fu. Yangming's knowledge comes from Lu Jiuyuan, Wu Kangzhai and Chen Baisha. Wu Kangzhai was down and out all his life. He is so hungry that he can't sleep at night. He got up and unfolded Mencius. After reading it, he became alert and forgot that he was hungry. Confucius said: A gentleman has no food to eat, and violates his benevolence. He can't expect anything more, and he can't be displaced. The so-called "exhausted" is nothing but a footnote that "there is no end to food between people who violate benevolence". Confucius also said: a gentleman is poor, and a villain is poor. Wang Yangming always reminds his disciples to "temper things". He said that quiet time kung fu seemed to converge, but it was submerged. It can be seen that "caring heart" is a time of "making mistakes" and "being poor". Whether you can hold on at this time and use your strength is the key. Yangming's achievement in his life is "tempering in things". Sitting quietly in the room and experiencing "inner nuances" is beyond the threshold of Yangming studies.