The Study Of Tao Wangling’s Philosophy Thought

Tao Waoling is a representative of Yangming during the later period of the Ming Dynasty. In terms of ideology, he follows from Wang Longxi, Luo Jinxi, Zhou Haimen et al. And he had a great influence on the following academics such as Tao Shiling. He plays an important role to Yangming; About literature, his poetry style is similar to "Yuan", Yuan Hongdao held a very high opinion about him, he also have a complementary role to the school’s literary creation.Tao Wangling learned from Zhou Rudeng. And he admired Wang Yangming tremendously. With his efforts, Tao Wangling put forward a "Renzhi " and " zhixi " Theory. At the same time, Buddhism had a huge influence of the late Ming, Tao Wangling also absorbed the theory of Zen Buddhism, further than Luo Jinxi, Zhou Rudeng to release. He stressed that people can learn Confucianism from Zen.Tao Wangling is a typical representative of Yangming. We can figure out the development of the situation of Yangming during the later periods of the Ming Dynasty by Analysis of Tao Wangling’s thought.