Research On The Thought Of "Unity Of Knowledge And Action" In Chuan Xi Lu

Wang Yangming’s ethical thought of "unity of knowledge and action" in the book of transcribing learning has a strong traditional moral education in China.If neo-confucianism is an important milestone in the history of Chinese ethical thoughts,then Wang Yangming’s psychology is another important milestone in the history of Chinese ethical thoughts.Wang Yangming’s idea of "unity of knowledge and action" in transcribing records of learning is based on the Analects of Confucius,Mencius and other original texts,especially in the historical background of knowledge and action caused by Cheng and Zhu’s thinking system of "maintaining the principles of nature and eliminating the desires of others" in the life reality of moral decline and the decline of social morality in the Mid Ming Dynasty.The "unity of knowledge and action" in Wang Yangming’s biography of learning has broken through the barriers and stereotypes of predecessors and reached a new theoretical height.This paper mainly expounds from the book’s background,the thought source,main content and modern value of "unity of knowledge and action" in Chuan Xi Lu.The book is a collection of Wang Yangming’s sayings,the essence of Wang Yangming’s thoughts,and a classic of Wang Yangming’s studies with many carvings and wide circulation.It is not only the core achievement of Wang Yangming’s thought,but also an important academic work of the Ming dynasty.Wang Yangming’s idea of "unity of knowledge and action" in Chuan Xi Lu originated from Confucius and Mencius.Confucius first proposed in Analects of Confucius that "knowledge" implies "action",which is a metaphor for "unity of knowledge and action" in Analects of Confucius.On the basis of Confucius,Mencius creatively put forward the "theory of goodness of nature",believing that people have the "four hearts" of benevolence,righteousness,courtesy and wisdom,and advocated the "unity of man and nature" mode of "whole-hearted--understanding--knowing the heaven".He put "heart" in the first place,stressed the role of "heart",and paid more attention to "mind cultivation",thus put forward the eternal topic of "unity of knowledge and action".Different from Mencius,Xunzi thought that "line" is the source and purpose of "knowledge".Wang Yangming’s thought of "unity of knowledge and action" in Chuan Xi Lu was put forward in refuting Cheng and Zhu’s theory of "unity of knowledge and action",which laid a theoretical foundation for his thought of "unity of knowledge and action".In addition,Wang Yangming’s interpretation of "mind body" also benefits from Lu Jiuyuan’s theory of "mind body",which he USES to integrate his own life experience and his understanding of Confucianism,Buddhism and Taoism in his mind thought,showing "mind body" again as the secret key to improving personality.The ideological system of "unity of knowledge and action" in Chuan Xi Lu mainly regards " to conscience" as the principle and "mind is the principle" as the body,which effectively resolves the inner contradiction between Cheng and Zhu’s neo-confucianism and Lu Jiuyuan’s theory of mind.Its content is rich,the intention is clear,the influence is far-reaching,to the prosperity and development of today’s society still has the extremely strong reference significance."Unity of knowledge and action" is regarded as one of Wang Yangming’s symbolic philosophical views in the book.It can be found that Wang Yangming’s "knowledge" and "action" are not different from the traditional concepts."Knowledge" appears to Wang Yangming as a theoretical category,which is related to cognition."Action" belongs to the category of practice and is related to action."Unity of knowledge and action" is an argumentation and expansion of Wang Yangming’s philosophy "aim" or core category "conscience".From the perspective of ontology,"conscience" is not only the subject of moral cognition,but also the object of moral cognition.From the perspective of human nature,"conscience" is a generalization of feudal ethics."Unity of knowledge and action" reflects ontology,epistemology and human nature.Wang Yangming’s "unity of knowledge and practice" in Chuan Xi Lu advocated that knowledge should be the practice and knowledge should be the substitute.The emphasis on "moral practice","practice in practice" and "knowing and doing" contains many thoughts about universal knowledge of values and moral cultivation.The ethical thought of "unity of knowledge and action" in Chuan Xi Lu has its own school,which fully embodies the unique nature of Wang Yangming’s mind learning.It is still of practical value to explore the value of transcribing records and to reveal the spirit of philosophy.It is not only conducive to the realization of the construction from the inside out,but also lays a foundation for the realization of the moral personality of the "inner saint and outer king".The "knowledge and behavior conversion" approach provides a path for the cultivation of socialist core values.However,influenced by the times,Wang Yangming’s mind learning showed corresponding limitations,which needed to be selected dialectically in the process of inheritance.