Study On Wang Yangming’s Pragmatism Philosophy

Wang Yangming’s Pragmatism thought has a rich theoretical connotation andsocial practice. This article is divided into five parts, through theory and practice twoaspects to systematic expound Wang Yangming’s practical thought.In the first part, the paper puts forward pertinence of the theory. This paper holdsthat Wang Yangming’s Pragmatism thought is raised aimed at the drawback ofneo-confucianism of cheng-zhu,Buddhism, vulgar utilitarianism theory in Mingdynasty.In the second part, this paper discusses the theoretical basis. This paper argues thatWang Yangming’s Pragmatism thought is inherited from Confucius of Confucianthinking to the song dynasty neo-confucianism.In The third part, the paper expounds the theoretical connotation and features.Content of Wang Yangming ethos connoted thought mainly includes:"conscience focuson goods and benefit ", so conscience closely linked with people’s material desires;benefit, harm, and interests of public and private should be considered; practice, benefit,contribution should be taken seriously aim at investigating material things toextending moral knowledge so as to against empty theory; nation should be benefit byofficers and civil should be think highly of.The fourth part is “encouraging people with reward and punishment”,the idea is tocombine human feelings, contribution, and being conscience theory, not only tocriticize but also not to abolish the vulgar utilitarian thought,and put the The fourth partis “encouraging people with reward and punishment”,the idea is to combined humanfeelings, contribution, and being conscience theory; not only to criticize but also notto abolish the vulgar utilitarian thought, to combine reward and punishment, benefitand contribution, and being conscience theory;to serve as a tool to be conscience,andput the being conscience theory into reward and punishment, benefit and contribution.The fourth part, mainly discusses the social practice of Wang Yangming’sPragmatism thought. the social practice including five aspects: benefiting people bydisaster relieve, saving people’s wealth and favor people; showing sympathy tobusinessman by fighting official corruption, salt trade opening; giving peace to people and teaching people by heavy punishment and reward; honest work and contribution.The fifth part discuss the value and the influence of the thought. Wang yangming’sthought has a far reaching influence for descendant such as Xujie, HuangZhongxi,andLiuzhongzhou. In the period of the republic of china LiangSumings country selfgoverning experiment has been seriously influenced by Wang Yangming’s idea ofvillage contract. the value of Wang Yangming’s thought is embodied in servingpeople,benefiting people lives, and beneficial for inspiring the ethic power of allsociety,and contributing for social reform,innovation and development.