Instructions for Practical Living and Other Neo-Confucian Writings

by Wang Yangming, Wing-Tsit Chan (Translator)

Wing-tsit Chan's translation of this Neo-Confucian classic has been restored for digital reading in this hand-edited ebook edition.

Genres: Philosophy, China, Nonfiction

358 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1963

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".

Reviews

[John Redmon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good stuff. Everything’s connected, as long as you get your mind right.

[Yijun · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read it together with Ray Dailio's principle. It seems like these theory are similar.