2. The social background of birth is different. Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism was born in the relatively prosperous period of feudal society, so it was deeply influenced by Confucianism. Wang Yangming's theory of mind was born in the embryonic period of capitalism in the late Ming Dynasty and began to get rid of Confucianism.
3. The cognition of the relationship between matter and consciousness is different. Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism believes that we can only achieve our goals in a limited way under the objective facts, while Wang Yangming's Neo-Confucianism believes that as long as we do it ourselves and add our own subjective consciousness, most of us can succeed.
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Neo-Confucianism and psychology are idealistic thoughts, which are not suitable for the present era. The difference lies in the degree of idealism. Neo-Confucianism belongs to negative objective idealism, while Mind belongs to conceited subjective idealism.
The prosperity of Neo-Confucianism in the Southern Song Dynasty was closely related to the external situation of years of war, and the passive and timid pacifists occupied the main force. Therefore, the idealistic thought of Neo-Confucianism in Song Dynasty is influenced by the national conditions, and it is a negative and objective idealistic thought.
The prosperity of mind learning in Ming Dynasty benefited from the successful expulsion of Mongolian Yuan Dynasty by Han people. The once arrogant Mongolian fighters were helpless, and their arrogant mentality spread in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the idealistic thought of Mind in Ming Dynasty is also influenced by the national conditions, which is an arrogant subjective idealistic thought.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhu Cheng Neo-Confucianism
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-psychology