Having been demoted to Longchangyi, Wang Yangming had nothing to fear in this life.
After being transferred to Nanjing, Wang Yangming returned to his hometown in Yuyao and traveled around the mountains and rivers with his brother-in-law and disciple Xu Ai. During this period, he enriched and perfected Wang Men's spiritual studies. Then he went to Chuzhou to supervise Ma Zheng, and accepted a large number of students in Chuzhou.
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When his father was seriously ill, Wang Yangming returned to Nanjing to visit him. When he left Chuzhou, friends and disciples in Chuzhou sent him to the riverside.
These friends and disciples were reluctant to leave, so they simply settled on the north bank of the Yangtze River, waiting to meet Wang Yangming across the river again.
In addition, the Director of Academic Affairs of the Nanjing Imperial College is also a direct disciple of Wang Yuan, and currently has developed many subordinates among the graduates. In the ninth-year Zhengde examination, there must be countless disciples of Xinxue, and the Xinxue group is constantly expanding.
After his father's condition improved slightly, Wang Yangming left for the north.
Among those friends and disciples who were waiting by the river, more than ten people followed Wang Yangming to Linqing to control the water.
They are all fanatics!
A person's charm depends not only on what he says, but also on what he does.
Wang Yangming originally went to Chuzhou to supervise Ma Zheng, but he often gathered people to give lectures, with a regular audience of more than 200 people.
If they are just giving lectures, what is the difference between Wang Yangming and Shu Kunshan, who writes poetry every day?
In addition to teaching, Wang Yangming gathered more than a hundred households of refugees to reclaim land in the wilderness and conduct his ideal community experiment. Everyone united to help each other, maintain community security, establish community rules, build public warehouses, and run social schools.
In addition, refugees were exempted from tax for three years, and the community established by Wang Yangming grew rapidly. Historically, the population of the community more than tripled in less than ten years, and worship of Wang Yangming was still carried out until the Republic of China.
Wang Yangming led 200 disciples from Chuzhou to study and practice, and jointly invested in community construction.
Precisely because they witnessed the rapid development of the community and its continuous approach to the Confucian ideal society, those disciples believed in Wang Yangming deeply, and more than ten of them were fanatical believers who followed him all year round.
After these more than ten disciples came to Linqing, they came into conflict with Wang Yuan's disciples!
Both sides claim to be disciples of mind science, but they can't match each other.
Wang Yuan usually taught his disciples to talk less and think more, see more and do more. So the disciples all helped with the work and were too lazy to defend themselves against these Chuzhou fanatic believers.
The fanatical believers went directly to Wang Yuan.
These disciples were headed by Cai Zongyan, who was not from Chuzhou, but went from Shaoxing to Chuzhou to attend classes, and later became the headmaster of Bailudong Academy. He asked: "Xueshi Wang, Mr. Wang once said that he is sincere in studying things."
Gongfu, why are you just doing experiments? It must be a bit biased!"
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Master also said that one must work hard on things. If there is only sincerity without action, what kind of work is it? What kind of investigation is it? Doing experiments is a manifestation of 'working on things'.
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"Then what kind of sincerity does your school of physics have in conducting experiments?" Cai Zongyan asked again.
Wang Yuan explained: "Seeking truth and being pragmatic means sincerity. We study physics and do not blindly follow blind faith. Everything needs to be verified. We discover things, observe things, look for patterns, explore the essence, and learn the principles of all things through experiments, and then use
Physics is here to benefit the people. The teacher said that knowledge and action are one, and together with physics, only those who can pass experiments are true knowledge, and if you have true knowledge, you must practice it."
Cai Zongyan said: "You are predicting before you act, rather than combining knowledge and action."
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Wrong. Learning physics through experiments is a process from doing to knowing. Experiments also use existing cognition, assumed cognition, and the 'action' of doing experiments to determine true knowledge."
.From beginning to end, it is the unity of knowledge and action!”
Cai Zongyan said: "If there is no experiment, can it not be called true knowledge? The teacher said that filial piety is nature, and this is true knowledge. Does filial piety also require experiments?"
"I study physics, and filial piety is not a thing, but a morality!" Wang Yuan said.
Cai Zongyan said: "It turns out that the School of Physics only studies dead objects and has fallen into the wrong trap. What if there is a person who knows all about the principles of dead objects, but his morals are corrupt?"
Wang Yuan said speechlessly: "The Logistics School is a supplement to Wang Men's Psychology, not a replacement for Wang Men's Psychology. Can't a person only learn physics and not learn from Mr. Wang's Psychology?"
"I understand, thank you for your advice." Cai Zongyan clasped his fists in thanks.
There are more than a dozen fanatic followers of Xinxue headed by Cai Zongyan, who are not in the same pot as Wang Yuan, and some even look down on the School of Physics. Their ultimate goal is a Confucian society of great harmony, and they believe that the focus of the School of Physics has gone astray.
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Wang Yuan didn't want to explain any more and just said: "The dredging ship will start working tomorrow. You can come and see how the School of Physics benefits the people!"
Cai Zongyan went back to see Wang Yangming and expressed his views on the school of physics. Other disciples who followed him were also there.
After hearing what Cai Zongyan said a lot, Wang Yangming smiled and said: "The investigation of things is the work of sincerity, understanding the good is the work of sincerity, the pursuit of reason is the work of practicing one's nature, Taoism and learning are the work of respecting virtue, and blogging is the work of making promises.
In terms of Kung Fu, Wei Jing is the only Kung Fu. You are still at the stage of half-knowing and not practicing, but Wang Ruoxu is already doing it. He is determined to perfect all things and does it, which is sincerity; he is determined to benefit the people with physics and does it.
This is enlightenment and goodness! He wants to understand the truth of all things, so he does it with all his nature; he kills corrupt officials, so he obeys his moral nature; he studies physics exclusively, so he is the only one who is diligent."
Cai Zongyan thought hard and said nothing.
Wang Yangming said: "Although Wang Erlang's path is completely different from mine, he has understood the essence of Xinxue. But you have only scratched the surface. You must work harder in the future. Xinxue is not a dogma, and I am not a sage.
, it’s wrong to follow me step by step, it’s right to understand the essence and go your own way!”
Cai Zongyan seemed to want to understand something and immediately bowed: "Thank you sir for your teaching."
Ji Yuanheng also went from Huguang to Chuzhou to study, and then followed Wang Yangming to Linqing. He asked: "Sir, what you just said, only Bowen was left out to make an appointment, is it because Wang Ruoxu did not follow the etiquette?"
"Ha ha!"
Wang Yangming smiled and said: "Wang Erlang is not a person who observes etiquette, but he chooses to read the Book of Rites. The etiquette in his heart is a great gift in the world, not a trivial and trivial one. He followed me to practice the art of mind, and only learned the essence.
Regardless of the rest, he studied the "Book of Rites" with me, and only learned the true meaning of rituals, ignoring the red tape. With such a character, he cannot force anything. I have also learned about his school of physics, which is nothing more than "seeing the essence through phenomena"
'That's all. I only want the essence and don't get entangled with phenomena."
"See the essence through phenomena?" Liu Guanshi muttered. This man also went to Chuzhou from Huguang to study.
Wang Yangming nodded and said: "This was also said by Wang Erlang. I was very impressed. It's like a person who is usually polite and respects etiquette and morality, but at critical moments he is not morally honest. Then you can know his true nature.
Wang Erlang’s school of physics regards red tape as a phenomenon and regards benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom, trust and filial piety as the essence. Just like they explore the principles of all things, they only recognize the essence of all things!”
Cai Zongyan asked again: "If you don't follow small etiquette, but only follow big etiquette, how can you know your true intentions? If you go beyond etiquette, you may not be able to abide by big etiquette. Perhaps Wang Xueshi can insist on big etiquette, and his disciples
Can everyone have such a mind and concentration?"
Wang Yangming asked in reply: "Those who obey the small rituals, can everyone obey the big ones? Who among the corrupt officials in the world has not read the books of sages? Can they always observe the rituals? Don't look at what people say, but look at what they do. The purpose of the School of Physics,
It is to study the principles of nature to benefit the people. As long as they can really benefit the people, why bother with the word 'ritual'?"
Cai Zongyan handed over his hand again, keeping in mind the teacher's teachings.
Wang Yangming smiled and said: "Let's see how they benefit the people tomorrow."