Comments About Chuanxilu(Instructions for Practical Living )

by Wang Yangming

The book Comments About Chuanxilu was completed on the basis of many versions of Chuanxilu in years of Guangxu and the Republic of China. It was not contained in any work collections of Liang Qichao, thus it is quite rare.

314 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2015

About the author

Wang Yangming, courtesy name Bo'an, was a Chinese idealist Neo-Confucian philosopher, official, educationist, calligraphist and general during the Ming dynasty. After Zhu Xi, he is commonly regarded as the most important Neo-Confucian thinker, with interpretations of Confucianism that denied the rationalist dualism of the orthodox philosophy of Zhu Xi. He is best known for his theory of the unity of knowledge and action.

Wang was known as "Yangming Xiansheng" and/or "Yangming Zi" in literary circles: both mean "Master Yangming".