The Three Saints refer to Confucius, Zhuge Liang and Wang Yangming, while Zeng Guofan is classified as a semi-saint, and later generations also praise him as "the first perfect man in the ages".

Wang Yangming founded the theory of conscience, which clearly stated that "everyone can be a saint" and asked people to "cheer up and be their own masters" to liberate people from the state of succumbing to saints. He founded the theory of "mind" and put forward the theory of "to conscience", which occupies an important position in the history of world philosophy. He gives lectures and has more than 20,000 disciples. His thought of mind and nature has been passed down to this day, and it has an important and far-reaching influence in China, the Korean Peninsula, Southeast Asia and even the whole world.

Character experience

In the twelfth year of Hongzhi (1499), Wang Yangming was a scholar, and he became the minister of punishments. He has successively served as Longchang Yicheng, Luling County Order, Youjidu Governor, Gannan Governor, Guangdong Governor, Nanjing Ministry of War Shangshu, Zuodu Imperial Adviser, etc., and successively put down the rebellion in Gannan, Guangdong and Guangxi and Zhu Rebellion, and was named as Xinjian Bo.

In November of the eighth year of Jiajing (1529 65438+1October 9), he died at the age of 57. Ming Muzong succeeded to the throne, posthumous title Xinjian Hou, and posthumous title "Wencheng".