Thought Of Wang Shou-ren Of Mind And Aesthetics

Wang Shouren was one of the rare Almighty Confucian in Chinese history, known asthe" three immortals", has reached a high degree of unity of "Lide""Liyan""Ligong". He wasthe most influential philosopher in Ming dynasty, also the representative of the "Xinxue". Hisdoctrine of mind have been widely circulated for hundreds of years, which has far-reachinginfluence. Not only has a great influence on the domestic, even spread abroad, Japan,Koreaand Southeast Asian countries are affected by them. The United States Harvard Universityprofessor Du Weiming averred: after ten years, Yangming's theory will be the fashion all overthe world, Mr GangTian Wuyan has said: twenty-first Century will be the century of WangYangming. This is Wang Shouren's great charm.Through its philosophy and aesthetics theory,the article discusses Wang Shouren's theoryon social influence and social significance to today. With today's increasingly high socialeconomic level, people feel restless, can't calm down to explore the meaning of life. The rapiddevelopment of material civilization does not allow spiritual civilization keep up with its pace,which leads to the cultural development of the fault phenomenon. Wang Shouren advocated "mind is reason"," the unity of knowing and doing " solve the puzzles, guide the developmentdirection for us. Therefore, in-depth study of Wang Shouren's thought, and to explore its usetoday has very far-reaching significance for us.This paper is composed of four parts:The first part takes "Longchangwudao" as the core describes Wang Shouren's learningcareer. With "Longchangwudao"as the turning point, the development of Wang Shouren'sthought is divided into three changes before and after. First three changes is mainly takes ZhuXi as an example, then learn Buddha, old spirit; while last three changes is his key period,after"Longchangwudao", he clearly put forward the" unity of knowing and doing","conscience" and other thoughts. The second part through" nothing outside the mind"," the unity of knowledge and action",through theory and" sends the conscience" exlpains specificly Wang Shouren ' aestheticthought.The third part from the psychology of traditional Confucianism 's transformation and thedevelopment of science, discusses the influence through improvement and change. First of all,Wang Shouren thought " mind is reason", as to " Rule the mind " and" Rule the world", he putforward a new idea, especially the quite different Neo-Confucianism viewpoints, from" reasonis outside of the mind", makes a change from" rule the world then the mind" to " rule themind then rule the world", thus provides a more effective road. Secondly, in thecontemporary, Wang Shouren" sends the conscience" tells us, only from the implementationof political ethics demand is not desirable, to comply with the members of the society ofpsychological needs, thus change the political theory of doctrine to moral standards. Third,from the "heart" and" science"," knowledge" and" line",I discusses difference and connectionof the philosophy of the mind and science.The fourth part discusses evaluation of Wang Shouren ' aesthetic thought from latergeneration scholars' view and author's view, expounds the great significance of WangShouren ' Thought on social development, also objectively evaluatesits deficiencies.In short, no matter when and where, demestic or abroard,his thoughts brought us a lot ofinspiration and reflection which is a great treasure to us. But we also have to evaluate histheory dialectically, takes its essence, do away with its dregs, let his theory contribute to ourharmonious society.