In the 12th year of Hongzhi (1499), he was a scholar, and successively served as the minister of punishments, the secretariat of Yicheng in Longchang, Guizhou, the magistrate of Luling, the governor of Gannan and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. In his later years, he served as an officer of Nanjing Ministry of War, and left the post of Duchayuan. He was awarded the title of Jianxin Bo for his exploits such as putting down the Chen Hao rebellion, and was posthumously awarded the title of Marquis of Qin Long.
Together with Confucius, Mencius and Zhu, they are also called "masters of mind". Wang Shouren's Wang Xue theory and thought (Yangming Studies) spread to China, Japan, Korean Peninsula and Southeast Asia, and achieved great success in the next generation. There are so many disciples that they are called Yaojiang School.
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the unity of knowing and doing
"Unity of knowledge and action" was put forward by Wang Shouren, a thinker in Ming Dynasty, that is, knowing the truth of things is inseparable from its application in reality.
It is an epistemological and practical proposition in China's ancient philosophy, mainly about moral cultivation and practice. Ancient philosophers in China believed that we should not only know ("know"), but also practice ("do"). Only by unifying "knowledge" and "action" can it be called "goodness". The unity of conscience and knowing and doing is the core of Yangming culture.
After Wang Yangming was enlightened in Longchang Town, xiuwen county, north of Guiyang, he deeply realized the truth of life, which was an epiphany after hard thinking. Wang Yangming believes that mentality determines behavior and world outlook. From then on, he parted ways with Zhu Xuexue, which laid the foundation for the great success of the system of psychology.
Wang Shouren's theory of the unity of knowing and doing is mainly aimed at Zhu's thought, which is contrary to Zhu's thought. He divided knowledge and action into two parts, and thought that knowledge must be understood before practice. Wang Shouren advocated the unity of knowledge and action to correct Zhu Xue's bias.
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