The Study Of Heart-Mind Theory Of Wang Gen

The Heart-Mind Theory of Wang Gen as a whole, despite all the theories seemingly loose in this system, and it is difficult to find the consistent content in it, his thought has its inherent logic clue. Wang Gen through "ready-made conscience" to set up his own theory, thinks conscience appearing at all times and places in people’s daily life. His view of "people’s daily life is Tao" puts the Tao from saint to ordinary people, he hopes to bridge the gap between the saint and ordinary people, but he encounters some difficulties as "saints know will not lose, people do not know will lose". To solve this problem, Wang Gen suggests converting unaware to aware with the method of learning. What’s more, Wang Gen puts forward his investigating things of Huainan. Based on above, Wang Gen forms his individual’s style of crazy, which causes the debate from all sides.At present, the academic circles locate the Heart-Mind Theory of Wang Gen with "Enlightenment" and "common Confucianism". On the basis of these locations, this paper evaluates the Heart-Mind Theory of Wang Gen under the background of the development of Confucianism, thinks his Theory having its unique position in the history, which plays an important role in the change of philosophy of mind in the Mid-late Ming, it deeply promotes Confucianism of civilians and secularization, promote the middle and late Ming Dynasty folk teaching career development, and realize the new shape for crazy personality, but also bring some disadvantages, and the Taizhou school misunderstanding to some extent by the later.