Wang Shouren (王守仁)

Overview

Wang Shouren was a Philosopher and Scholar.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Wang Yangming	王陽明
Courtesy name	Yangming	陽明	Yangming

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1506 to AD 1528 明之王守仁
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 267
AD 1472 to AD 1529 明代
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 300, passage 225
AD 1506 to AD 1528 王守仁
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 265, passage 183
AD 1472 to AD 1529 王守仁
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 265, passage 114
AD 1527 to AD 1528 王守仁之撫田州
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 516, passage 10
AD 1527 to AD 1528 王守仁征田州
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 512, passage 34

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AD 1506 to AD 1528 王守仁活動於明中葉
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 265, passage 296
AD 1506 to AD 1529 陸王之學
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 495, passage 70

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Places and affiliations

Polity Ming 明 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 265, passage 114
Polity Ming 明 · Relation Flourished under
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 495, passage 70
Polity Ming 明 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 265, passages 183, 296
Polity Ming 明 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 267; Draft History of Qing 516, passages 9-10
Polity Ming 明 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 512, passage 34

Learning and skills

Belief Chan Buddhism cloaked as Confucianism 以禪而託於儒 · Relation Accused of · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Lu Longqi (陸隴其) Source Work Discriminations in Learning 學術辨
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 265, passage 183
Belief Wang learning · Relation Teaching lineage studied by Li Tangjie
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 391, passage 122

Events and relationships

Campaigned against
AD 1527 to AD 1528 · Military · Commander · At Tianzhou 田州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 512, passage 34
Pacified
AD 1527 to AD 1528 王守仁之撫田州 · Military · Commander · At Tianzhou 田州
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 516, passage 10
Relation Doctrinally opposed by · Person Lu Longqi (隴其)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 265, passage 296

Assessments and attributes

Assessment credited with soothing Tianzhou · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 516, passage 10
Assessment dressed Chan Buddhism in Confucian robes · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Lu Longqi (陸隴其)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 265, passage 183

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 265, passage 296; Draft History of Qing 495, passage 70; Draft History of Qing 516, passage 10

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 265Volume 265 Biographies 52: Tang Bin, Lu Longqi, Zhang Boxing · 3 passages

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斌篤守程、硃，亦不薄王守仁。 Bin held firmly to Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi, yet did not dismiss Wang Yangming.

大指謂王守仁以禪而託於儒，高攀龍、顧憲成知闢守仁，而以靜坐為主，本原之地不出守仁範圍，詆斥之甚力。 Its main argument was that Wang Yangming dressed Chan Buddhism in Confucian robes; Gao Panlong and Gu Xiancheng saw through Wang yet still made quiet-sitting central and never escaped his framework, and Longqi denounced them sharply.

斌不薄王守仁，隴其篤守程、硃，斥守仁甚峻，而伯行繼之。 Bin did not dismiss Wang Yangming; Longqi held firmly to Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi and denounced Wang sharply; Boxing followed Longqi in that regard.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 300Volume 300 Biographies 87: Chen Qi Yuan, He Shijian, Tang Jizu, Ma Weihan, Yu Dian, Wang Yezi, Liu Erwei · 3 passages

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而位生平服膺王守仁，曰：「尊所聞，行所知，須不流於弊。 Erwei devoted his life to Wang Yangming's teachings, saying, "Honor what you hear and practice what you know—but you must not drift into abuse.

尊陽明而不知其流弊，非善學陽明； To honor Yangming without understanding his abuses is not to study him well;

蓋謂王氏高明，弊在躐等； He meant that Wang Yangming's teaching was lofty, but its abuse lay in skipping stages of cultivation;

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 391Volume 391 Biographies 178: Wo Ren, Li Tangjie, Wu Tingdong · 1 passage

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會通程、硃、陸、王學說，無所偏主，要以克己復禮、身體實行為歸。 He mastered the teachings of the Cheng brothers, Zhu Xi, Lu Xiangshan, and Wang Yangming without partisan bias, and aimed always at self-restraint, return to ritual, and practice in the flesh.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 393Volume 393 Biographies 180: Li Xingyuan, Zhou Tianjue, Lao Chongguang · 1 passage

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天爵少以堅苦自立，篤信王守仁之學。 From youth Tianjue had built his career through steadfast self-discipline and was a devoted follower of Wang Yangming's philosophy.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 405Volume 405 Biographies 192: Ceng Guofan · 1 passage

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凡規畫天下事，久無不驗，世皆稱之，至謂漢之諸葛亮、唐之裴度、明之王守仁，殆無以過，何其盛歟！ Whatever he planned for the empire was eventually vindicated; the age praised him, comparing him to Zhuge Liang of Han, Pei Du of Tang, and Wang Yangming of Ming—how grand his reputation!

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 423Volume 423 Biographies 210: Zong Jichen, Yin Gengyun, Wang Zheng, Mu Jixianga, You Baichuan, Shen Huai · 1 passage

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為學宗王守仁、劉宗周。 In scholarship he followed Wang Yangming and Liu Zongzhou.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 495Volume 495 Biographies 282: Loyal and Righteous 9 · 1 passage

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初服膺陸、王之學，繼參以程、硃、張、呂，不主一家。 He first embraced the learning of Lu Xiangshan and Wang Yangming, then drew also on Cheng Yi, Zhu Xi, Zhang Zai, and Lü Dalin, and did not commit himself to any one school alone.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 512Volume 512 Biographies 299: Native Chieftain Biographies 1: Huguang · 1 passage

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廣西土府州縣峒寨等司五十餘員，分隸南寧、太平、思恩、慶遠四府，多狄青征儂智高、王守仁征田州時所留設。 Guangxi has more than fifty native prefectures, districts, stockade offices, and the like, distributed under Nanning, Taiping, Si'en, and Qingyuan—most of them remnants of Di Qing's campaign against Nong Zhigao and Wang Shouren's campaign against Tianzhou.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 516Volume 516 Biographies 303: Native Chieftain Biographies 5: Guangxi · 1 passage

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叛服不常，韓雍之定藤峽，王守仁之撫田州，沈希儀、俞大猷之戰功，殷正茂、翁萬達之成績，僅得勘定。 Loyalty and revolt shifted unpredictably. Han Yong's suppression of Teng Gorge, Wang Shouren's pacification of Tianzhou, the campaigns of Shen Xiyi and Yu Dayou, and the successes of Yin Zhengmao and Weng Wanda barely sufficed to restore order.