Wang Yangming's Thoughts

Wang Yangming's ideological propositions are: the heart is the reason; knowledge and action are united; to know the truth; there is nothing outside the heart, nothing outside the heart, and no reason outside the heart; the universe is my heart, and my heart is the universe.

Wang Yangming's ideology advocates that one should search for "reason" from one's own heart, and he believes that reason lies in the human heart, and that reason is born in the universe and all things in the world. He believed that the true unity of knowledge and action lies in the fact that one acts in accordance with one's knowledge, and that both knowledge and action occur simultaneously.

Wang Yangming's influence:

Reviewing Wang Yangming's life, he was influenced by a lot of Taoism, but this did not affect the essence of Confucianism in any way, Wang Yangming's Yangming was one of the mainstream doctrines in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and was later spread to Japan, which had a greater influence on Japan and East Asia, and Yangming was an important doctrine in the history of Chinese thought and culture. It is one of the most important doctrines in the history of Chinese thought and culture, and it is not only the science of idealism, but also the science of psychology.

Wang Yangming realized the unity of theory and practice through the core concepts of "mind is reason," "unity of mind and knowledge," and "conscientiousness," and inherited and developed Yangming in our new historical position today. This shows that Yangming has a certain influence on the future generations.