Together with Confucius (founder of Confucianism), Mencius (master of Confucianism) and Zhu (master of Neo-Confucianism), they are called "masters of mind". Wang Shouren's theory "Wang Xue" is the most influential philosophical thought in Ming Dynasty. His academic thoughts spread to China, Japan, Korean Peninsula and Southeast Asia, and his achievements were the best in the next generation. There are so many disciples that they are called Yaojiang School. His articles are broad and prosperous, and there is a natural and unrestrained atmosphere between pen and ink. The following is a detailed introduction to his important works.
The first one is Wang Wencheng's Book of Merit. It is a book published by Zhejiang Bookstore during Guangxu reign of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1862- 1908) and written by Wang Shouren in Ming Dynasty. The book has thirty-eight volumes, including Preface to Song Zi's Late Year-end Conclusion, Theory of Monasticism and Preface to Ancient Books for University Students. In addition, there is Lu Lv Wen, a eulogy written by Wang Shouren, a thinker and writer in the Ming Dynasty. This article describes that the author witnessed the sudden death of a family of three in a foreign land during his exile in Longchang Post, Guizhou. He and the official, master and servant are strangers, but they know each other. While mourning for the dead, the full text expresses the author's tragic experience of being exiled to a distant land, pitying others and himself, hanging and dying. There are sadness and sincerity between the lines, love and sorrow, and repeated twists and turns.
There is also Biography, which is a philosophical work. The author is Wang Shouren (Zi Bo 'an), a philosopher of Ming Dynasty in China and a representative of Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties. He is also known as Mr. Yang Ming. This book records his quotations and letters about learning. The word "Chuan" comes from "Chuan Hu" in The Analects of Confucius. Oh, by the way, the last book, The University Question, is a programmatic philosophical work by Wang Shouren (Wang Yangming) and is regarded by his disciples as an introductory textbook for studying Confucian saints.