Instructions for Practical Living and Other Neo-Confucian Writings

by Wang Yangming

王阳明（1472—1529），明代大儒，与朱子并为宋明八百年儒学两大祭酒，心学的集大成者，立德、立言、立功三不朽。 在王阳明的著作中，影响最大的应属《传习录》，它与《近思录》同为宋明儒学双璧。1967年，钱穆先生在题为《复兴中华文化人人必读的几部书》的演讲中，列举国人必读的经典，有《论语》《孟子》《大学》《中庸》《老子》《庄子》《六祖坛经》《近思录》《传习录》。其中，《传习录》作为王阳明的一部语录体著作，是距离当今最近的一部哲学经典。

569 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2021

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".