Chapter 83 Creation of Xinxue
From a year, thousands of rivers and mountains; one thought extinguishes, the sea and vicissitudes.
On the way back to Shaoxing, this sentence suddenly flashed in Wang Shouren's mind!
After thinking about it carefully, he agreed with the first half of the sentence, and the second half of the sentence is not suitable for him - he can always pull himself back from the extreme state and then choose a positive path.
If you also follow Confucius's set of "statelessness is hidden", isn't that it proves that you are a failure? However, since the return of the Ning Palace, Wang Shouren found that the creation of a set of doctrines that inspire people's minds is more important than the flash of "achieving achievements" - people's hearts control everything and saving people's hearts is the source of the root cause. Let's call it "heart science"!
In the long river of the development of academic thought, the formation of a new academic thought must not ignore other ideological systems and exist in isolation.
So Wang Shouren built a cave in Huiji Mountain in Shaoxing, named "Yangming Xiaodongtian". He studied the essence of Confucianism, ink and Taoism. He wanted to absorb the essence of it, abandon the dross, and then combine his theory to establish a philosophical system combining ancient and modern - this is simply difficult, but, There is plenty of time!
Since the pre-Qin period, the doctrines of Confucianism and Taoism have been influential and have different powers, but they are equal at a low level - Confucianism advocates benevolence and righteousness, Taoism advocates nature, Mohism advocates cutting love and legalisms practice magic, but focuses on different perspectives, but once it is combined with the regime and Lulu at that time, it will not It can be avoided to be hypocritical.
Among them, the most prominent is Confucianism - since Confucianism was designated as a esteem, there has been a situation of inconsistency between words and deeds. In order to be officials and cater to the preferences of rulers, people have clearly done all kinds of benevolence and false things behind their backs, but it is said by Confucius Yun Mencius, thus hypocritical Confucianism. After Zhu Xi's Confucianism was listed as the ruling ideology by Zhu Yuanzhang, it has completely flowed in hypocrisy, full of benevolence and morality, and full of male and female prostitutes.
Therefore, Wang Shouren made a note on this:
"The learning of conscience in later generations is unknown. People in the world use their personal wisdom to compare them, so that people have their own intentions, but
The trivial opinion, the art of cunning and evil, as for the invincible. In the name of benevolence and righteousness on the outside, but on the inside
The fact of self-interest, the deceit is based on vulgarity, and the overseas Chinese are well-known. Take it as your own strengths and detract from other people's kindness
and think it's straight. A win is still called righteousness. The danger of falling in love with each other is called evil, jealous of virtuousness
And still thinks that it is public right and wrong, and indulges in lust and still thinks that it is the same kind of likes and dislikes. Xiangling is a thief, from his family's flesh and blood
relatives can no longer have the meaning of winning or losing, the shape of each other's barriers, not to mention the size of the world and the masses of people,
How can we look at it as one? It is no wonder that there are endless disasters and chaos.
Covering the king's way and practicing magic, utilitarians, the external false nature is similar to to help his selfishness, and to deceive people to say, "God's principle is solid." I don't know if there is no heart, but there is still a so-called heavenly reason? Since then, the analysis of the mind and reason is two, and the study of the essence is dead, and the separation of the world's Confucianism is in the form and name. At the end of the number of instruments, in order to understand its so-called physics, but I don't know that my heart is physics, and there is no hypothesis at the beginning.
Only those who are known as sages and doctors in the world may pay attention to each other, but to test their own reality, and those who expect their children and grandchildren between their daily families have not failed to learn from utilitarianism; while the so-called scholars of sages are used to talk about it. It is often ten or nine times to whitewash stationery. Ask for his sincerity and one will, and teach his son with the study of sages, such as a priest, it is more! And now that he is dead, don't hesitate to do it! Don't hesitate!"
These are still shown only on Lilu. When Cheng Zhu Li was intellectualized and designated as an academic thought, it was even more disgusting! Since the imperial examination, scholars have had no way out except this road, which directly led them to indulge in Confucianism, unable to extricate themselves, pay attention to rhetoric rather than practice.
Therefore, Wang Shouren also criticized: "The scholars of the world think about exaggerating vulgarity, deception, and pretending each other as hypocrisy. It is said that the way of saints is hard and useless. It is not something that can be done by people, but they take it from words. In ancient times, there are people who can't be investigated for life. Now I can all say that if it is enough, it is enough, and the saint's learning is abandoned. Isn't it the habit of reciting words for today's largest patients? And the disadvantages have never been too detailed, and the shortcomings of those who are too refined?
However, since the career of the imperial examination was prosperous, the scholars were all rushing to recite the words, and the merits were confused, so the teachers' teaching and the disciples' scholars were no longer known to have a clear meaning.
Scholars of the world, professional words, training, skills, exploration and concealment, hard work, hard work for life, not those who don't care about further study. However, it is just a rhetoric, a remon on the ear, and a skill. If you don't study more about Taoism, it's just an external thing. It's better to have the so-called self-contained!
The great troubles of later generations are all falsely written by scholars, and they don't know how to be sincere. Although it accumulates into the wind, although it has the quality of loyalty, it is also addicted to it and does not feel it. Therefore, if you take him as a son, you will not be filial; if you take him as a minister, you will not be loyal. The poison fan disaster and the chaos of the people have not yet been known.
Wang Shouren finished writing with confidence and wiped the sweat on his forehead. He was tired but energetic - he wanted to study hard to save the evils of Daming Thought!
So where to start?
Let's start with why you are alive!
Why live, that is, what is commonly referred to as the "true meaning of life", is the first concern of thinkers at home and abroad.
Let's first talk about the situation of Taoism: Zhuangzi put forward the theory of form theology. He believes that the shape of God is two aspects of a thing. The shape is born by Taoism. In the shape of God's pregnancy, the two cannot be separated, but God has an ontological status, should be invisible and show God, and pursue the best and beauty of God. "Form" refers to the external body and image. God's guidance, virtue and spirit. The upper god takes advantage of the light and dies in shape, which is called shining. "The husband Zhaozhao was born in the underworld, born in the invisible, the spirit is born in the Tao, the body is born in the essence, and everything is born in shape." "Ignore the ignorance, hold the god to be quiet, and the behavior will be righteous." I keep it to deal with it. Therefore, I have been 100 or 200 years old, and I am not always weak." - The most drag is the last sentence. The world is chasing longevity, attracting countless monks to bend their waists!
The spirit is not trapped by external things, reaches a certain level, and has the effect of keeping shape. Make the behavior submissive to nature, useless, and useless. It is the guiding ideology of Taoism.
Let's take a look at Confucianism: Confucianism is a thought of "entering the world", which is completely different from the quiet and inaction "avoidance" thought of Taoism, but it is strikingly similar to the philosophy of life. Confucianism also advocates the cultivation of both form and spirit, the combination of movement and quietness, the cultivation of morality, and the control of desire to maintain health.
Wang Shouren also absorbed this point and put forward the two concepts of "true self" (true self) and "private self" (body shell). True self refers to the conscience of mind, that is, the "god" in the binary, and the body refers to the body. He advocates that life in the world should be dominated by the body to overcome by the true self. But it is different from the Taoist "god" (generally refers to spirit), but specifically refers to conscience.
If you want to pursue the true meaning of life, you should listen to your own favor, not the desire of the body. Wang Shouren explained this idea as an article: "I think it's good for me. And I don't know what I really am! My so-called true me is also called conscience. Father is kind, son is filial, and my conscience is good; unkind and unfilial, it is evil. I am loyal to what I say, and I respect what I do, and I do what my conscience likes; if I don't believe, I don't respect it, which is evil. Therefore, my husband's fame and fortune is good, my selfishness is good, and the evil of the world. The good of conscience, the good of the truth, and the same good in the world. Therefore, if you are good from me, then all the people in the world will be evil. They will work hard and worry for the rest of their lives, which is called the battle of things. From the true good, then the people in the world are all good. The family, the country, the world, there is nowhere to do, wealth, poverty, hardship, Yidi, no entry and no self-contained. It is said that it can follow my good.
While sorting out his mind, Wang Shouren also kept talking about poetry with some literati. He invited a group of speculative friends to form a poetry club and traveled between the mountains and rivers with his friends. In addition to chanting for fun, he would also spread his psychological thoughts, which caused a lot of repercussions. Since Wang Shouren lived in "Yangming Xiaodongtian", everyone began to call him "Yangming", and Wang Shouren also took this as his name.
Wang Shouren didn't expect his mental learning to be so popular, which made him more motivated to unswervingly improve his mental learning! Some people even came from afar to ask for advice. A deaf-mute person called Wang Shouren's "Yangming Little Cave Sky" and asked each other in words.
Wang Shouren patiently enlightened: "The height of the spiritual realm of life depends on whether a person's true self is noble or not, and the disability of the body does not prevent a person from becoming a sage. On the contrary, if the mind is bad, no matter how sound the body is, it is also a beast.
If you forget something, you have virtue - if you can't speak, you will have a lot less right and wrong; if you can't hear, you will have a lot less troubles, and you will be happier than a healthy person!"
Although the last sentence is to comfort the deaf and mute, if you condone the desire of the eyes and ears and pursue fame and reputation, it is by no means the attitude of a gentleman.
He sorted out the view of the desire of the eyes and ears, and wrote: "People in the world compete with each other from the good of their name; from the good of their benefits, they take each other with greed; from the good of their hearts, ears and eyes, and cheat each other; they all think that they are good from me. And I don't know what I really am! My so-called true me is also called conscience. Father is kind, son is filial, and my conscience is good; unkind and unfilial, it is evil. I am loyal to what I say, and I respect what I do, and I do what my conscience likes; if I don't believe, I don't respect it, which is evil. Therefore, my husband's fame and fortune is good, my selfishness is good, and the evil of the world. The good of conscience, the good of the truth, and the same good in the world. Therefore, if you are good from me, then all the people in the world will be evil. They will work hard and worry for the rest of their lives, which is called the battle of things. From the true good, then the people in the world are all good. The family, the country, the world, there is nowhere to do, wealth, poverty, hardship, Yidi, no entry and no self-contained. It is said that it can follow my good.
In this way, Wang Shouren constantly improved his mind with what he gained in practice, from "Theory of Life" and "Theory of Self-cultivation" to "Theory of Politics" compiled a book.
For a while, Wang Yangming learned from his mind and was copied by countless people!