Chapter 50: Knowledge and Action

Born in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Shouren was a famous writer, philosopher, thinker and military strategist in Chinese history.

But one of the greatest achievements is to gather the heart and learn the great achievement, and to achieve the three immortals of the traditional Chinese scholars.

Among them, virtue, meritorious service, and speech, it is said that there are only two and a half people who can achieve these three immortals in history, one is the Confucian sage Confucius Lao Master, and the other is Wang Yangming, Zeng Guofan only achieved half of the three immortals.

There are a lot of deeds about Mr. Wang Yangming, so today I will briefly summarize what I know about Wang Yangming's unity of knowledge and action.

Wang Yangming has been very smart and studious since he was a child, which goes without saying. He is not only proficient in the doctrines of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, but also can fight on horseback, pacify the rebellion of King Ning, pacify Sitian, Zhuyao rebellion, exterminate the Southern Jiangxi thieves, etc., dismount Nengwen, and create Yangming Xinxue.

Zeng Guan to the Ming Dynasty Nanjing government's military department Shangshu, can be said to be a rare all-round Confucian in Chinese history.

He founded Yangming's theory of mind, which not only enhanced people's subjective consciousness and emphasized the decisive role of subjectivity in understanding and practice, but also made a profound philosophical reflection on the meaning of life's existence.

In this paragraph, when you don't see this flower, this flower and your heart will be silent together. When you come to see this flower, the color of this flower is understood for a while.

I know that this flower is not outside your heart. To put it in popular language now, it is to say: although things in this world exist objectively, as far as subjective individuals are concerned, objective things can only be cognitively valued through subjective contact and feeling, which is also my general description of Wang Yangming's psychology.

The unity of knowledge and action is the core idea of Wang Yangming's theory, which has a far-reaching influence and has long been affected in Japan and many Southeast Asian countries.

There are many interpretations of the relationship between knowledge and action, and in the past, it mostly referred to the relationship between moral awareness and moral practice. Standing in the present, generally speaking, can also be understood as the relationship between knowledge and practice.

The unity of knowledge and action is to combine knowledge and action in one place, the behavior driven by conscience is good and good, and the cognition that can be practiced is the true knowledge of the truth.

An important difference between humans and other animals is that they can be aware of and judge their own behavior, be able to distinguish between good and evil, and make reasonable choices, rather than simply being driven or enslaved by their own instincts and material interests.

I believe that the unity of knowledge and action includes at least two meanings, one of which is to embody what we know by what we do.

The ancients often said: It should be ugly if it is not said, and it should not be evil. From my point of view, it's about watching their deeds, not just listening to their words.

Second, the unity of knowledge and action is to emphasize that knowledge and action should be synchronized, that is, to emphasize that you understand and see action in your heart, and when your mind moves, you can see and act immediately, without the slightest time difference.

It is definitely not a thought that some people understand, and it is not that some people understand it and slowly understand the truth and then calmly put it into practice.

Look at the time difference between this thought and the line, in ancient times, this difference often led to failure and even loss of Qingqing's life, and in today's real life, it will also lose many opportunities and opportunities.

In the final analysis, the unity of knowledge and action is to emphasize the integration of mind and body, which is also my simple cognition of the unity of knowledge and action.

And Wang Yangming has also truly achieved morality, meritorious service, and speech, so he is known as the true three immortals by later generations.

In real social life, I believe that people should fundamentally eliminate arrogance, arrogance, fantasy, and luck.

Of course, moral wrongs of one kind or another will inevitably occur. But the key is to have the courage to change things for the better.

And repentance is not enough, if you just repent and do not realize, or repent and do not change, the conscience will still have problems.

In the field of personal career, knowledge and action tell us that we must first learn, be conscious and purposeful to practice, and be good at implementation.

Wang Yangming's mental history has been spread, and many people who have achieved great things in ancient and modern China and abroad have all bowed to Wang Yangming.