The best opportunity for action is now

"Biography" is a classic of Yangming's theory of mind, and the language "The Analects of Confucius" is a phrase that is not accustomed to, and contains Wang Yangming's main philosophical thoughts. Although it is an authentic philosophy, what Wang Men’s psychology encounters in China is the embarrassment of the two worlds. Intimate scholars such as Zeng Guofan, Chiang Kai-shek and others are willing to worship under the heart of the mind. Unintelligible scholars, if you want to come, "When you don't look at this flower, this flower and the sorrow are in the same silence; when you look at this flower, the color of this flower is clearly understood."

This sentence, no matter from which point of view, is a wonderful work in the history of Chinese philosophy. The Yangming Xinxue, represented by this, can be regarded as the last return of light in the history of Chinese philosophy, but it is biased by materialism. It is too much to be said that it is defined as a rough and idealistic argument of "material and spirit."

This sentence is the best argument for the "heart" in the Ming Dynasty, which is the official school of Cheng and Zhu Lixue in the Confucian orthodox society. That is: you see flowers, flowers are in your heart, you don't look at flowers, no matter what color, no meaning to you, it does not exist. This "presence" is not a material existence, but a spiritual existence.

This is like watching a person. When you see this person, there will be someone in your heart. When you don't look at this person, this person does not exist in your world. There is no impression of this person in your heart— - The heart is the truth, your heart is your world, what your heart is like, what your world is like, everyone's world is bright, this society is bright, so you have the most mature theory of mind - - To the conscience.

"The world emulates each other and seeks the doctrine of the rich and powerful soldiers every day, the tricks of devotion, the strategy of attacking crusades, and the things that are against the good of nature and the reverse of human feelings, as a means of gaining fame and fortune." "People praise each other to show themselves The knowledge, mutual pressure to show their power, compete with each other to show their skills, compare each other to show off their reputation." In the biography of "Reviewing Dongqiao Book", Wang Yangming made such a generalization to the society at that time, In such a social context, the conscience is the most important to re-establish social morality. Festival news

Wang Yangming is one of the few greatest philosophers in Chinese history. Even so, however, Xin Xue gradually declined after 500 years of prevailing times, and even was criticized by contemporary philosophical and political circles. In his article "Following the Modern Forms of Chinese Culture," Liu Dong believes that because of the need to recognize the legitimacy of monarchy in exchange for the rulers' approval and concessions of their own values, they have only been in a long historical period. Can act as an allegorical persuader of the monarch, but not as a rebellious critic.

This is why the roots of Confucianism can be deeply rooted in the soil of China's two thousand years of culture and stand out from the crowd. Confucianism chose between grievances and grievances between politics and the people. At the same time, the yin and yang, ink, name, law, and Tao, all of them were shackled by history until they were depressed because of their lack of history, either left or right. Zhang Yi, the strategist, still said before his death: Seeing that my tongue is not there, as long as I am, I will go on. Imagine if Confucius was also this attitude, forcing the ruler Shi Renzheng, "I don't want to die," I think, Confucius can't be a saint, and the rule of ruling in Chinese history for two thousand years will probably not be Confucian.

Yangming’s mind has not escaped this fate—the heart is the truth, the reason is the heavenly way, the heavenly principle, everyone can be a saint. It can be seen that the liberation of human nature has reached an unprecedented height and breadth, which is not only a little bit for the ruler. Charming, even a little threat, this is probably the main reason why Yangming’s mind has been criticized. Introduction to Jiang Ziya

There is an article called "We have cultivated a lot of highly educated barbarians." In its roots, the best commentary in the "Biography" is that it does not establish the idea of ​​self-cultivation to pure heaven, but only the accumulation of knowledge as a condition of sage. In this case, the more knowledge and desire The more talent, the higher the intelligence, the more blinded it is. Extending to all areas of modern society, scores represent achievements, certificates represent abilities, and academic qualifications represent employment. It seems to neglect the construction of morality. In fact, from a political point of view, whether people have morality should not be a necessary condition for domination.

There is no ideal of conscience in the roots and in the heart. In addition, the traditional civilization of China is a civilization without "religion and morality." Since Confucianism, "there is no singularity and chaos", "respecting the distance", no The bondage of religion is nowhere, no land. Also, when you realize that religion is a moral constraint, the idea itself becomes the object of materialism and atheism criticism—this is actually the moral constraint of the religion and the cohesion of the human heart, with terrible reproducibility— - The peasant uprisings of the past, such as Chen Sheng Wu Guang, the Yellow Turban Army, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, are used to this trick. Under such conditions, the accumulation of knowledge is tantamount to helping the abuse, increasing the means of human anti-morality, and only making people more deviable from righteousness.

To this end, for the transformation of the world outlook and values, the mind science has a new way of thinking, and it is proposed that the practice should be grounded up, that is, the unity of knowing and doing, not simply by learning knowledge, comprehending knowledge, or practicing things. The most fundamental truth of the matter is the action. Each of us has said something like this: How about how I am, how can I do it. For example, when I have money, I will travel. When I have time, I will exercise. When I am not busy, I will start studying. . . . If you look at it like this, you can see that there are goals and ideas. The combination of knowing and doing tells us that no action is equal to white thinking. The matter tells us that the best opportunity for action is now.