Wang Yangming’s Theory Of Things

"Things" is an important concept in the study of philosophy,and the discussion of "things" in ancient Chinese philosophy generally involves different fields such as cosmology,life theory and knowledge theory.As a master of mind science,"things" occupy a very important position in his philosophical thought,and it is of unique value to interpret Wang Yangming’s philosophy from the perspective of "material theory".Generally speaking,"things" have three main meanings: first,refers to substances with objective reality.Second,refers to the human practice of things,and "things" in common.Third,refers to things of on-material significance.Confucianism is mainly embodied in cosmology,life theory and knowledge theory,from pre-Qin Confucianism to Song Mingli,Confucian scholars have a very in-depth discussion of "things"."Things" is also an important concept in Yangming’s thought,in Yangming’s philosophy,"things" mainly have three meanings: "silent things","things are things" and "things as one".The relationship between "things" and "heart","meaning" and "knowledge" is also an important part of Yangming’s thought.Heart,intention and knowledge all have certain rules on "things",which can be summed up as "nothing outside the heart","meaning is things" and "conscience and things are not right".The idea of all things as one is the logical development of Wang Yangming’s thought of materialism,the practice destination of the thought of mind,and also shows the spiritual realm of Wang Yangming.Yang Ming’s post-study still has in-depth discussion of "things",such as Wang Qi’s "four no-says",the leopard’s "theory of the object" and Wang Qi’s "Huainan gescuity" have inherited and developed Yangming’s "materialism" thought.Wang Yangming’s thought of materialism embodies the attitude of the world outside the transcendental object and the ideal state of the unity of heaven and man,and has positive value for modern people to restrain material desire,properly handle the relationship between man and nature,society and others,develop a harmonious society and construct a community of human destiny.