The Research Of Wang Yangming's Viewpoints On Scholar-official

In China,modern intellectual is evolved by scholar-bureaucrat.Their social responsibility is coming down in one continuous line.The scholars hold certain positions in the political affairs of the feudal state,they should play a guiding and enlightening role in society,however,in different dynasties,the scholars are infected by economic,political,cultural and other factors,sometimes can not effectively play a positive impact on society.Wang Yangming lived in an age of decay,he criticized the scholars who were addicted to books and the vanity fair.He put forward his own views on how to become a confucian scholar from an academic point of view.Wang Yangming demanded that the scholars should first establish the ambition of sanctification,and focus on the mind all the time,which is the first step during the learning.Between knowledge and virtue,scholars should give priority to cultivating virtue,and comprehend the justice by saving justice and destroying human desires.Scholars should not only learn to work hard,but also to carry forward the Confucian realm of all things as a whole,care for national politics,purse the unity of political and academic and realize ideal and the peace reigns under heaven.Wang Yangming encouraged scholars to find his conscience,affirm the value of individuals,,he also stressed the rationality and possibility of the individual and even the individual for being sage.Starting from pre Qin Confucianism,being sage was the aim of scholars.Wang Yangming was no exception.On the one hand,his views inherited the tradition of being a sage who is succeed both on mind and political affairs.On the other hand,he made it simple and convenient to be a sage.He affirmed the individual value,aroused scholars to be confident on their conscience.These theories are enlightening for social development.In the late Qing Dynasty,as the nearest and the most important confucianist before the realization of the modernistic transform,Wang Yangming's views on scholars showed the spirits that concerned about country,it had instructive significance on how intellectuals deal with public affairs.