Eastern Philosophy · China & Japan
Wang Yangming
The Ming general-official-philosopher: the bamboo failure, enlightenment in exile at Longchang, 'mind is principle', the unity of knowing and acting, innate good knowing, and his influence on Meiji Japan.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Mencius; Zen. Next: Kant (compare moral intuition). Sources: Wang Yangming, *Instructions for Practical Living*, trans. Wing-tsit Chan (1963); Philip J. Ivanhoe, *Readings from the Lu-Wang School* (2009).Next: 1. Life