In the third year of Ming Zhengde (1508), Wang Yangming formally founded Yangming Xinxue after he realized the Tao in Longchang, Guizhou.
As soon as Yang Ming Xinxue came out, it not only spread rapidly in China, but also spread to Japan, and since then it has taken root and blossomed.
The Japanese monk An Gui Wu and Wang Yangming had contact very early on, and it was he who brought back to Japan the fire of Yang Ming's heart study.
An Katsura goku
In the fifth year of Ming Zhengde (1510), When Angui Wuwu visited the Ming Dynasty as an envoy, Emperor Mingwuzong made him live in the Ashoka Mountain Temple in Mingzhou, during which he had contacts with Wang Yangming.
Three years later, Wang Yangming and Xu Ai met again at Ashoka Temple, and the two talked happily. At this time, after Mr. Yang Ming realized the Tao in Longchang, he had already proposed the Yang Ming Mind Science, and AnGui Wu naturally understood this.
A month later, When Ann Returned home, Mr. Yang Ming composed "Sending Japan to Make the Monk Return to Japan", the original of which is now in the Mita Museum in Japan.
An Gui Wu opened the precedent of "stealing teacher" Wang Yangming, laying the foundation for the development of Yang Ming's mind in Japan.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >01 Japan successfully stole the teacher and had its own "Yang Mingxue"</h1>
More than 100 years later, Nakae Fujiki of Omi, Japan, devoted himself to reading and absorbing the works of Wang Yangming's senior disciple, Wang Longxi, a master of the Wang Xue left school (conscience ready-made theory), and together with his protégé Kumazawa Yama, devoted himself to the research and dissemination of Yangmingology, forming the famous Nakae School.
In 1712, the Three Wheels of The Edo Period published the Records of the Annotated Traditions, and since then Yomeigaku has been well known to a wide range of Japanese scholars and lower-class samurai.
In the mid-19th century, the shogunate Confucian official Sato Kazusai preached the wide spread of Yangmingology in Japan, with no less than 3,000 disciples, the most famous disciple being Saigo Takamori.
At the same time, Itō Hirobumi, Yoshida Shoin, Ōshio Nakasai, and others held high the banner of Yang Mingxin, learned advanced knowledge from the West, launched the Curtain Fall Movement, overthrew the corrupt shogunate, and launched the Meiji Restoration Movement to save the dead.
In this way, Yangmingxue in Japan, after nearly 500 years, through the development of countless people of insight, unique, and finally closely integrated with Japanese culture, developed a very Japanese national color of the "Japanese Yangmingxue" line, so far, it means that the Japanese "stole the teacher" Wang Yangming's success.
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During the shogunate era, Ann Gui Wu received the true transmission of Wang Yangming and brought yangming xinxue back to Japan, at this time Yangming xinxue was the authentic and original "Wangxue".
100 years later, Nakae Fujiki opened up the Japanese Yangming school lineage in Omi. His apprentice, Kumazawa, inherited the teacher's school of merit.
Japanese Culture
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Educators Kazusai Sato, Yoshida Shoin, and Takeshi Mishima pushed Yangmingxue to the commoner and lower samurai classes, forming the "Civilian School".
Takasugi Shinsaku, Ito Hirobumi, Saigo Takamori, Takubori Tōritsu and other meiji restoration masters launched the fall of the curtain movement, opening the Meiji Restoration, enriching the country and strengthening the army, and creating the "Military School".
After World War II, Takehiko Okada, Mikasa Araki, Masaki Kuromoto, and others rethinked and established the Kyushu School, which had a profound impact on contemporary Japan.
It is worth mentioning Takehiko Okada, a famous scholar of the "Kyushu School", who studied both Chinese and Western, proficient in Song Ming Science and Yang Ming Xin, and was revered by scholars as "Confucian Sacrifice Wine", and was the world's first-class Yang Ming scholar.
Takehiko Koda
Takehiko Okada believes that "Yangmingxue is the study of cognition, the study of Bacon, the study of physical and mental harmony and the tempering of things", and is the "philosophy of action".
From the beginning of 500 years ago when An Gui Wu met Mr. Yang Ming, until modern times, Japanese scholars have been diligently pursuing Yang Ming Xinxue and have never stopped exploring Yang Ming Xinxue.
In 1903, the Japanese sent a delegation and a delegation of military attaches and teachers of the Qing Dynasty to Xiuwen County, Guizhou, to visit Yangmingdong, pay homage to Wang Yangming, and engrave a commemorative note next to the large characters of "Yangming Xiaodongtian".
The Japanese civilian official Mishima wrote a poem in commemoration:
"Recalling the yangming lecture hall in the past, shaking the earth and living the machine." A round of moon on Longgang Mountain, looking up to the ancient light of conscience. "
In 1904, a poem was carved and erected at the Yangming Ancestral Hall on Fufeng Mountain to express his admiration for Mr. Yangming.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >03Why do Japanese people like Yangmingxinology? </h1>
First, the ready-made school of conscience is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people
Widely spread in Japan is the Wang Xue leftist, that is, Wang Longxi's "conscience ready-made school". This school of thought, no matter how humble we are, have the same perfect conscience as saints, do not need to do learning, do not have to be obsessed with tedious practice, as long as we achieve enlightenment, we can become saints.
In the intellectual circles of the time, such a proposition could be described as shocking, and people did not need to learn over time, nor did they need to practice asceticism in their hearts and character, and they could reach the realm of the sages.
This theory of "conscience" soon won the hearts of the toiling masses and became a popular doctrine. Because whoever it is, when someone says to him:
"You, like the saints, have an excellent conscience. You are a saint, you just haven't realized it yet, and as long as you are aware of it, you can become a saint. "
This person will definitely develop strong self-confidence, so it is only natural that Nakae Fujiki will be interested in Yang Mingxue.
Second, the Japanese nation loves Confucianism with the "spirit of benevolence."
Since ancient times, the Japanese have promoted the idea of "one heart and one mind". In addition, Japan is a single nation, a single language, and the hearts and minds of people are naturally connected, and there is no serious opposition.
The Japanese have always actively absorbed foreign cultures, and have a natural world view of their own unity, coupled with no foreign invasions, so they eventually formed an inclusive national nature.
The Japanese archipelago has a diverse climate, with a jagged coastline, the changing seasons creating brilliant colors, and the Japanese people, who are integrated with nature, are rich in emotions and will of course be willing to accept Confucian thought based on benevolence.
Third, Japanese people are very emotional, and the way of understanding things is holistic, and Yang Ming Xinxue just contains such ideas, so Japanese people are willing to accept it.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >04 Yang Ming Xinxue has made Japan strong for 500 years</h1>
The Japanese social elite greatly admired Wang Yangming and Yangmingxue, and in their daily lives, they practiced the unity of knowledge and action, so as to give full play to the power of the Yangming School.
Under the banner of Japan's YangMingxue, the restorationists were full of enthusiasm and launched the Fall of the Curtain Movement and the Meiji Restoration, which became an Asian power.
After the defeat in World War II, Japan was occupied by the United States, the domestic economy collapsed, the people were in deep trouble, and countless entrepreneurs and politicians once again carried the banner of Yang Mingxinxue to develop the economy and stabilize diplomacy, making Japan "great" again and becoming a big country in East Asia again.
Zhang Taiyan, a famous scholar in modern times, said: "The Restoration of Japan was also led by Wang Xue. "
Liang Qichao also said, "The rule of Japan's restoration is also the use of mental learning." "
In February 1904, the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Togo Heihachiro, sneaked into the port of Lushun, the Russo-Japanese War broke out, Japan unexpectedly defeated Russia in the two major battlefields of land and naval warfare, Russia surrendered to Japan and signed the Treaty of Portsmouth, this time, the Japanese were even more powerful!
Higashigo Heihachiro
Togo Heihachiro, who commanded the war, was also an iron fan of Wang Yangming, and he carried a waist plate with 7 words on it: "Bow down to Yangming all your life."
In Japan, countless politicians and entrepreneurs worship Wang Yangming and Yang Mingxin as gods. Kazuo Inamori, known as the "saint of management", Yataro Iwasaki, founder of the Mitsubishi Group, Shigenobu Okuma, founder of Waseda University, and Eiichi Shibusawa, founder of the National Bank of Japan and industrial giant, are typical examples.
The great success of Japanese Yangmingxue in Japan proves the value of Yangmingxue in modern times.
After the collapse of the Japanese economy after World War II, Japanese political parties and entrepreneurs learned from the successful experience of the Meiji Restoration, took the contemporary "Kyushu School" as the ideological position, and took the Yangmingxue as the spiritual force, and practiced it, and once again achieved economic take-off.
Kazuo Inamori
Japan, once a small island country, was revived by the implementation of YangMing Mind Science in the dilemma of national extinction, and has been strong for 500 years.
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Resources:
The Biography of Wang Yangming
Annals
The Complete Works of Wang Yangming
About the author: Xiang Jin-Kimi was once a veteran of the armed police, and today he is practicing in the downtown area, cultivating his heart with you and spreading positive energy.