Historical Background of Wang Yang-ming's Philosophy of Mind : From the Perspective of his Life Story

This open access book offers comprehensive information on Wang Yang-ming's life, helping readers identify and grasp the foundations on which his philosophy was established. Though a great man, Wang had an extremely difficult life, full of many hardships. Based on various official histories, Wan...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dong, Ping (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Singapore Springer Nature 2020
Subjects:
Online Access:Get fulltext
LEADER 02281naaaa2200397uu 4500
001 39532
005 20200615
020 |a 978-981-15-3036-4 
024 7 |a 10.1007/978-981-15-3036-4  |c doi 
041 0 |h English 
042 |a dc 
100 1 |a Dong, Ping  |e auth 
245 1 0 |a Historical Background of Wang Yang-ming's Philosophy of Mind : From the Perspective of his Life Story 
260 |a Singapore  |b Springer Nature  |c 2020 
300 |a 1 electronic resource (199 p.) 
856 |z Get fulltext  |u http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/39532 
506 0 |a Open Access  |2 star  |f Unrestricted online access 
520 |a This open access book offers comprehensive information on Wang Yang-ming's life, helping readers identify and grasp the foundations on which his philosophy was established. Though a great man, Wang had an extremely difficult life, full of many hardships. Based on various official histories, Wang's own writings, and his disciples' records, the book explores the legendary life of this ancient philosopher, who not only diligently pursued his objective of living as a sage, but also persistently sought the ideal state of a sage in ideology. The author also shares his own interpretations of the main aspects of Wang's philosophy using simple and straightforward language. This book will help readers understand and appreciate Wang Yang-ming's extraordinary life, his generous mind, deep thoughts and bright personality, inspiring them to pursue enriching lives. It offers a unique and insightful work for undergraduate students and all others interested in Wang's philosophy and life story. 
540 |a Creative Commons 
546 |a English 
650 7 |a Non-Western philosophy  |2 bicssc 
650 7 |a Literature: history & criticism  |2 bicssc 
653 |a Non-Western Philosophy 
653 |a Asian Literature 
653 |a Philosophical Traditions 
653 |a Open Access 
653 |a Yang-ming Wang 
653 |a Philosophy of Mind 
653 |a The Oneness of Knowledge and Action 
653 |a Wang Shou-ren 
653 |a Ping Dong 
653 |a Legendary Life of Wang Yang-ming 
653 |a Master Yang-ming 
653 |a Wang Yun 
653 |a History of philosophy, philosophical traditions 
653 |a Literature: history & criticism