To Acquire Wisdom: The Way of Wang Yang-Ming

Richard H. Yang, Julia Ching
1976 Books Abroad  
This is a stucJy of Wang Yang-ming's philosophy, consicered as a "Way" of acquiring wisdom and sagehood, based on his central insight into the nature of ~ (mina-ana-heart), the fundamental principle of all human activity which is capable of determining ana of perfecting itself through its intuitive knowledge of the good, at once inborn ana acquired. The "Introduction" indicates the broac problem of the quest for wisdom, ana of the question of "correctness" of approach and "orthodoxy" of thought
more » ... which arises, in the context of traditional Chinese philosophy. The first chapter defines the so-called "Confucian Way" as a quest for wisdom, with the latter consisting of the attainment of consciousness of the unity of man· wi th all . . things. and of. the realisation of a high moral character. . It speaks. of Han Yu' s ettort to
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