The Research On The Inner Saint Theory Of Wang Yangming

The philosophy of Wang Yangming,in short,is a kind of philosophical pursuit of be Saint.Based on the inner Saint doctrines from Confucianism,Taoism and Buddhism,Mr.Yangming epitomized the essence of the Song-Ming neo-confucianism.Particularly,when experienced decades of up-and-down life,Yangming's distinctive Inner Saint philosophy finally forms.He broke the traditional rule of judging a Saint by one's intelligence or wisdom,while instead,he used the virtue as the only criteria,and pointed out everyone has a Saint by himself or herself,and he build a theory system of “unity of one's virtue knowing and doing” that an effective way to be a Saint when he at old age.According to Yangming Wang's theory,Even more,he pointed out that everyone could be Yao and Shun,which indicates that a Saint could be more secularized and could even comes from a common people.This is very innovative and is significantly different from tradition,In Yangming Wang's idea,the inner Saint theory of being Saint is“mind is the principle”,which proved the possibility of his inner Saint philosophy.Moreover,the methods of“being sincerely” and “unity of one's virtue knowing and doing” formed a bridge to inner Saints that more secularized and could even comes from a common people.Yangming Wang's Inner Saint theory guides people to be more active through his or her own mind and therefore---gain self-assertion---which was how one's self-confidence and self-esteem built up.Thus,Yangming Wang's philosophy still has the positive effects for building a harmonious modern society and getting rid of the traditional dogmatism and idolatry.