Study On Wang Yangming’s Rural Governance Thought And Its Practice

Wang Yangming’s thought of rural governance and its practice came into being in the middle and late Ming Dynasty,when the Ming Dynasty was plagued by bad emperors and corrupt government.At that time,the local grass-roots organization--Lijia system fell into collapse.In addition,land annexation became more and more serious,natural disasters occurred frequently,refugees sprang up all over the place,and the party gathered for the gang,and the local order fell into a state out of control.Asked wang yangming study life,the imperial officer,either during his border trap,ju yi,or however counter-insurgency,bloody battlefield,staying still bear mountain forest,lecturing,wang yangming has always remained loyal to the pursuit of the ideal of "reading to learn sage,are exploring" educating people,the pursuit of his "conscience" to learn.He opened up a new model of rural governance,put forward many creative ideas in the three aspects of controlling chaos,foolishness and poverty,and achieved the unity of knowledge and action,putting his rural governance ideas into practice.This paper consists of five parts.The first part is the introduction,which mainly introduces the reason of the topic and the research status of the predecessors.On this basis,it puts forward its own use of historical materials and research methods,and finally points out its own innovation.The second part mainly from the social background and social atmosphere to expound the two aspects of wang yangming thought and its practice of rural governance,specifically from the autocratic imperial power,land annexation serious eunuchs in power and local society,peasant uprising frequently these aspects discusses the social background of that period,as well as the physical decline,usury light righteousness under the social climate of local grassroots social order to collapse,the practice of literary intelligentsia of cultivate one’s morality country path by the doers of the word "king" also turned to the doers of the word of the people of the "sleep".It is in this context that Wang Yangming’s rural governance model of controlling chaos,poverty and stupidity arises at the historic moment.The third part mainly elaborates Wang Yangming’s thought of rural governance and the part of controlling chaos in practice,including subduing the rebellion in southern Jiangxi,Sitian civil rebellion in Guangxi,and subduing the rebellion in Dantengxia in Bazhai by force,which reflects Wang Yangming’s thought of "subduing when it is possible and suppressing when it is possible" and his outstanding military ability in subduing the chaos.In order to consolidate his achievements,Wang Yangming adjusted administrative divisions and established new counties in several places far away from government administration.After the popular revolt in pingding sitian,wang yangming,in order to avoid the popular revolt again,"appointed chieftains to suit the situation" and "appointed officials to control the situation" in minority areas,and implemented the new mode of government of local officials and checks and balance of officials of local officials.Also creatively in the local implementation of ten brand law,consolidate the effect of chaos control,maintain local order.The fourth part mainly elaborates Wang Yangming’s thought of rural governance and the part of the control of follies in his practice,and educates the villagers in southern Jiangxi and other places.The social education measures mainly include the following four points: enlighten the wisdom of social studies,establish academies to promote lecturing,establish village contracts to improve the customs,and issue decrees to appease the minds of the people.Through four measures to civilize the villagers,beautify customs,so that the villagers restore conscience.The fifth part is the poverty-control part of Wang Yangming’s rural governance thought and practice,promoting rural social and economic development and improving people’s livelihood.In this part,there is still a gap in previous studies.Wang Yangming issued several circulars urging villagers to plow and weave diligently and actively develop agricultural production.In addition,Wang Yangming also provided land and agricultural production tools to the villagers who had not lost their land.In order to improve the people’s livelihood,Wang Yangming appealed to the people many times and submitted a petition to the imperial court to exempt Jiangxi tax and grain.In order to promote the development of commerce,Wang Yangming opened the country to the outside world,regulated taxation,forbade officials to disturb the people,protected the legitimate rights and interests of merchants,and promoted the normal operation of commerce,thus improving people’s livelihood.The sixth part is a brief review of the characteristics and historical influence of Wang Yangming’s rural governance thought and practice.This article attempts to make a detailed and systematic combing of Wang Yangming’s rural governance thought and practice,especially the discussion of Wang Yangming’s poverty control thought and practice.Wang Yangming’s rural governance model triggered a boom of rural governance in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.Rural contracts in the middle and late Ming Dynasty were often combined with Bao Jia,Social Science and Social Cang,which can be said to be derived from Wang Yangming’s rural governance in southern Jiangxi.The root cause lies in the inner function of Wang Yangming’s thoughts of mind and rural governance,which guides Wang Yangming’s rural governance and further spreads and enriches his thoughts of mind.