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Notes to Wang Yangming. 1. Among the best sources for Wang’s life are the Nianpu, written by Wang’s disciple Qian Dehong (1496–1574), found in the Wang Wencheng Gong Quanshu, and the Wang Wencheng Chuanben, by Mao Qiling (1623–1716). Useful English–language accounts may be found in Chan 1963, Chang 1939, and Tu 1976.
Wang Yang-ming (or Wang Shou-jen). He was a commanding personality who lived 1472-1529 in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The twenty-six chapters of the Ming-ju-hsiieh-an ("History of the Ming Confucianist Scholars"), which deal with Wang schools, occupy nearly half of the book. This means that he had a great number of followers, who lived in ...
Jun 8, 2018 · Wang Yang-ming. Wang Yang-ming (1472-1529) was a Chinese philosopher and government official. He led the revolt against the orthodox Neo-Confucianism of Chu Hsi and founded the Yang-ming school, which later dominated Chinese thought. Born Wang Shou-jen into a scholar-official family in a district southeast of Hangchow, Chekiang, Wang Yang-ming ...
Studying Wang Yangming: History of a Sinological Field explains the history of writing in the West about the famed Ming dynasty scholar-official. From eighteenth-century French Jesuit books to English-language publications in 2020, this book provides a historical overview and summary of a literature published by scholars attempting to grapple ...
Notes to Wang Yangming. Notes to. Wang Yangming. 1. Among the best sources for Wang’s life are the Nianpu, written by Wang’s disciple Qian Dehong (1496–1574), found in the Wang Wencheng Gong Quanshu, and the Wang Wencheng Chuanben, by Mao Qiling (1623–1716). Useful English–language accounts may be found in Chan 1963, Chang 1939, and ...
Feb 24, 2024 · This paper explores a late-Ming Chinese philosopher Wang Yangming’s (1472–1529) philosophical assertions showcasing the pivotal role that human mind plays in shaping our worldview. Wang Yangming’s view—especially his declaration that the Mind is the Principle—emphasizes that the human mind is the sole foundation of moral principles and that worldly affairs are identified with human ...
The thinking surrounding the “learning of the Mind and Heart” is most often identified with the Ming general and statesman Wang Yangming (1472-1529). Wang argued that inasmuch as every living thing is a manifestation of Principle, then one need not look outside oneself in order to understand Principle (and therefore morality): one should ...
