Unity of knowledge and action? It is Wang Yangming's code of conduct and the standard of Wang Yangming's apprentice. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were many talented people, all of whom were Wang Yangming's apprentices, and his influence ran through the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Personally, I am deeply impressed by his two legendary stories.
Story 1: Talent is revealed at a young age. People who want to be a generation of sages who can leave a far-reaching influence in history have shown their talents from an early age and are different from ordinary people. Wang Yangming in his youth, in today's words, right? Other people's children? . He is clever and witty, and he can write poems at an early age, which surprises all the guests and friends in his family.
After school, Wang Yangming asked the teacher, what is his greatest ambition in life? The teacher's answer is fame and fortune. After listening to the teacher's answer, Wang Yangming laughed at the teacher's short-sighted ambition. He thinks that people's great ambition should be to become a generation of sages, like Confucius.
Such arrogant remarks were naturally scolded by the teacher and thought it was too arrogant. Facts have proved that Wang Yangming is indeed working hard in this direction and has become a far-reaching person.
Story 2: The county magistrate put down bandits and hundreds of people put down the rebellion in Wang Ning. Wang Yangming failed to win the first prize in several senior high school entrance examinations, and finally won the Jinshi, from which he entered the official career. Although he has read many books on poetry, Wang Yangming is not a bookworm. He is familiar with the art of war and is good at using troops. When he was demoted to the county magistrate of Guizhou, he used his officers to suppress local bandits.
When it was learned that Zhu, the king of Ning, had rebelled, it took only a few hundred people to quell the rebellion and capture Ning alive. These are the legendary stories of Wang Yangming, and because of these deeds, people admire him.
The existence of Wang Yangming broke the conventional thinking of literati, and he paid attention to seeking truth from facts all his life, which is why he is deeply respected by people and many disciples are willing to follow him.