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"Instructions for Practical Living" Author: Wang Yangming Publisher: Zhonghua Book Company
"Instructions for Practical Living" Author: Wang Yangming Publisher: Zhonghua Book Company
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The "Chuan Xi Lu" is a collection of Wang Yangming's thoughts. It was first proposed by Wang Yangming's first disciple Xu Ai, and then edited by Lu Kan, Nan Daji, Qian Dehong and others, and finally formed into the three-volume "Chuan Xi Lu" that is now in circulation. The book is followed by "Zhu Xi's Final Conclusion in His Late Years".
The word "chuanxi" comes from "Learning" in "The Analects of Confucius": "Zengzi said: 'I examine myself three times a day: Am I unfaithful when I work for others? Am I untrustworthy when I make friends? Do I practice what I have learned?'" Chuanxi means that teachers impart knowledge to students; Xi means that students not only learn and review the knowledge taught by teachers, but also practice it. The whole book is presented in the form of students asking questions and Wang Yangming answering them. It also contains some letters, which are rich in content. Wang Yangming's main philosophical views, "mind is reason", "unity of knowledge and action", "conscience" and "all things are one", are all reflected in "Chuanxilu". Wang Yangming's mind learning is the peak of Chinese Confucianism of mind and nature. Huang Zongxi said in "Ming Confucianism": "The Ming learning began to enter the subtleties when it reached Baisha... and it became great when it reached Yangming." Qian Mu believed that "Chuanxilu" is one of the seven classics that Chinese people must read. Liang Qichao said that to learn Mr. Yangming's thoughts, one should read "Chuanxilu".
About the Author
【Author introduction】Wang Yangming, whose given name was Shouren and courtesy name was Bo'an, was born in the eighth year of Ming Chenghua (1472) and died in the seventh year of Ming Jiajing (1529). He was posthumously named Wencheng and was a native of Yuyao County, Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang (now Yuyao, Zhejiang). When he was young, he moved to Shanyin (Yuecheng, now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) with his father. He built a house in Yangming Cave Heaven on Kuaiji Mountain outside Yuecheng. He called himself Yangmingzi and scholars called him Mr. Yangming. Wang Yangming was a famous thinker, philosopher, educator, writer and military strategist in the Ming Dynasty. He served as the Minister of War in Nanjing and the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate. His life was full of ups and downs. After he realized the truth in Longchang, he founded the Xinxue thought system in the history of Chinese philosophy.
【Translator's introduction】Lu Yongsheng (1978-), PhD in philosophy, is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Marxism, Southeast University. He is a Jiangsu Zijin Cultural Social Science Talent, a director of the Chinese Practical Learning Research Association and the Zhu Xi Society, a researcher at the Taizhou School Research Center of Nanjing University, the vice president and secretary-general of the Jiangsu Confucianism Society, a distinguished researcher at the Institute of Confucianism of Chungnam University in South Korea, and an international editorial board member of the Korean "Confucian Studies" and "Yangming Studies". He is mainly engaged in the research of Chinese philosophy (Yangming Studies), aesthetics, excellent traditional Chinese culture and Marxism. He has presided over more than 20 projects of various levels and types, including the National Social Science Fund Key Project, Youth Project, Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Project, and Provincial Social Science Planning Project. He has published books such as "Mind·Learning·Politics - A Study of Wang's Learning Thought in Qianzhong during the Ming Dynasty", "A Study of Wang Yangming's Aesthetic Thought", "Wang Yangming, the Master of Mind Learning", etc. He has edited more than 10 books such as "Wang Yangming Rare Documents Collection" (15 volumes), "Wang's Learning Research", "Yangming Learning·Yuliang Lectures", etc. He has published more than 80 academic papers in academic journals at home and abroad, many of which have been reproduced in full text by the National People's Congress. His achievements have won the first, second and third prizes of the provincial and ministerial-level Philosophy and Social Science Achievement Awards and 5 awards including the "Western Confucianism Contribution Award", and nearly 10 provincial and municipal honorary titles.
