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Apr 15, 2024 · Wang Yangming (born 1472, Yuyao, Zhejiang province, China—died 1529, Nan’an, Jiangxi) was a Chinese scholar-official whose idealistic interpretation of neo-Confucianism influenced philosophical thinking in East Asia for centuries.
Wang Yangming, or Wang Yang-ming, (born 1472, Yuyao, Zhejiang province, China—died 1529, Nanen, Jiangxi), Chinese scholar and official whose idealistic interpretation of Neo-Confucianism influenced philosophical thinking in East Asia for centuries.
Wang Yang-ming (王陽明, Japanese Ō Yōmei, 1472–1529) was a Ming Dynasty Chinese idealist Neo-Confucian scholar–official. After Zhu Xi, he is commonly considered the most important Neo-Confucian thinker, with an interpretation of Confucianism that denied the rationalist dualism found in the orthodox philosophy of Zhu Xi.
After being recalled to Beijing in 1510 for evaluation and reassignment in the wake of his two-year exile to Guizhou and his period of service as a magistrate, Wang Yangming was assigned to a succession of posts at the capital that kept him there through 1512.
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).
School of the Heart ( Chinese: 心學; pinyin: xīn xué ), or Yangmingism ( Chinese: 陽明學; pinyin: yángmíng xué; Japanese: 陽明学, romanized : yōmeigaku ), is one of the major philosophical schools of Neo-Confucianism, based on the ideas of the idealist Neo-Confucian philosopher Wang Shouren (whose pseudonym was Yangming Zi and thus is often referred as ...
