Yue Yue Yang Ming | Transmission: The Code of Life Practiced by the Ming Dynasty

Author: Sun Honggang

Publication date: February 2014

Publisher: Beijing Institute of Technology Press

ISBN：9787564082840

Synopsis

This book excerpts Wang Yangming's classic quotations, combined with today's various social phenomena and modern people's spiritual confusion for profound interpretation. They are interpreted from the five aspects of "the mind is both rational and the conscience of memory," "the unity of knowledge and action, the attainment of knowledge," "the righteousness of the heart, the study of speculation," "the consistent state of no self," and "the path of guarding against fear and prudence and independence and becoming holy."

Book catalog

The first article The heart is the reason also the memory conscience lets the good take root in the heart to return to simplicity, break the heart of selfish desires calmly face all the integrity is the cornerstone of life convergence sharp, low-key people focus on the power of precipitation of their own continuous strengthening of their own cultivation to expand the breadth of life self-cultivation first cultivate the mind to know the mistakes on the change, good and great, the second part of the knowledge and action unity of the realization of the ideal of knowledge, To pay practical action to practice the truth of the specific problems of specific analysis to do what can be done quietly to cultivate the body to maintain a happy state of mind do not be good Gao Yuan frankly face the reputation of the society to face the reality of the details to decide success or failure to take responsibility for the third part of the sincerity of the heart of the learning and speculation is gradual or step by step Reading lies in understanding the use of the heart to do things Do not let fame and fortune blindfold learning to persevere learning is endless acquired efforts are more important than talent A little more questioning The spirit is restrained, Know how to teach people according to their aptitudes at key moments Test people Part IV Consistent Selflessness Finding reasons from oneself Young people need to constantly temper themselves to overcome themselves, the mind is not lost in the direction is more important than the speed to do things to the extreme with ambition, there is a goal Fifth Article Caution and prudence The path of sanctification Treat friends tolerantly Why nitpick the heart of comparison Must not dig a well of their own to excavate potential, To be the best of yourself, learn to regulate your emotions, be a person, be proud of the opportunity, you need to fight for everything, you must seize the fundamental for your own sake in order to achieve your own fear and prudence, and you have eyes in your heart

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Let the good take root in the heart

Wang Yangming said: "Seeking the highest good in everything and everything is also righteous." The supreme goodness is the essence of the mind, but the 'Ming Mingde' to the 'Supreme Perfection to one' is. But he did not try to leave things. ”

What is the Supreme Good? Simply put, it is the highest state of goodness, which is what we usually call the principle of heavenly reason, truth, and so on. So, where is the supreme goodness? How should we seek the highest good? Mr. Yang Ming believes that the supreme good is the essence of the human heart, so we should go to the heart to seek the supreme goodness, so that we can find the root. To be the most virtuous and to do the most virtuous, we should focus on our hearts, not on "things and things." The mind understands the truth of the good and demands of itself in everything, so that it is the supreme good when it reaches the only degree of perfection. Mr. Yang Ming taught people to treat things and things, and they must first understand their reasoning, follow their ways, be good at their virtues, and straighten out their hearts, because only when the heart is right can they achieve the ultimate goodness.

But can one seek the highest good just by asking from the heart? Mr. Yang Ming said, "The heart is the reason." There is no such thing as anything outside the heart, no reason outside the heart. Since both things and reason come from the heart, the supreme good can only be sought from the heart. Taking filial piety to parents as an example, do you have to go to your parents to ask for filial piety? Honoring parents requires each of us to know from our own hearts, if we go to things and ask for them elsewhere, we will find the wrong direction, and only in our hearts can we find the real starting point. How can we get rid of selfish desires in our hearts and serve our parents with such a mentality? In winter, nature thinks that parents will be cold, and will seek warmth for them; in summer, naturally considering that parents will be hot, they will seek coolness for them. If filial piety is measured by material standards, it can be said that it has no foundation, cannot last for a long time, and is easy to wither and decay, and after a long time, it is almost lifeless. Only filial piety that comes from the heart can truly move people, last in the world, last longer, and even pass on to future generations. Therefore, in everything we do, we must pay attention to the cultivation of the heart and cannot do things recklessly. Only when you think clearly and understand it in your heart can you really do things well.

The mind is reason, and the requirement of the highest good is to pay attention to our hearts. The development of new science and technology and new technologies has made our lives change with each passing day, and although the material is becoming more and more abundant, the heart is becoming more and more barren. Nowadays, people pay less and less attention to the heart, and morality seems to be getting farther and farther away from us. Remember the Little Yue Yue incident? This incident once made Chinese completely reflect. Moral torture, conscience condemnation, and good calling constantly make us ask ourselves: "Am I still a qualified citizen?" "Are you going to get back that originally good heart?" In the era of inflated selfish desires, we need to start from the heart to solve the problems of ourselves and even our country. First of all, we must go to the depths of our hearts to seek reason, to seek the supreme good, that is, to find the moral code in our hearts, to remove human desires, to store heavenly reason, and then to do things with the heart of truth and purity. We believe that as long as everyone gives a little love, the world will become a beautiful world.

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