Brief Analysis On Wang Shouren's Theory The Unity Of Knowledge And Action

Wang Shouren gave out a new view about the relationship between knowledge and action after comprehended truth in Longchang,in which time the view of “knowledge and action are one” came into being.Prior to this,Zhu Xi put forward the idea of “knowledge first and action after that”,“action is more important than knowledge”,“knowledge and action are important to each other”.In the view of Wang Shouren,the idea of Zhu Xi led to the separation of knowledge and action in people's mind,which resulted the loss of knowledge or action in people's whole life.Therefore,Wang Shouren believed that Zhu Xi's idea about knowledge and action is “wrong”.Wang Shouren criticized people's wrong idea on knowledge and action,emphasizing that the unity of knowledge is the truth.The view of “knowledge and action are one” through Wang Shouren's whole philosophy of mind,is a very important part in the philosophy of mind system.The core concept of Wang Shouren's philosophy of mind system is “to make conscience”.“To make conscience” is an concept that Wang Shouren put forward in the process of explanation of the “ knowledge and action are one”.And the thought of conscience is hidden behind the view of “knowledge and actions are one”.Conscience has the features of judging the good and evil.Whether self-reflection or removing the masking by selfish desire,it both need to be the conscience.As the core of the philosophy of mind system,conscience is the goal of practicing “ knowledge and action are one” and “to make conscience”.Any person's thought has its own rationality and irrationality because of its own or times' limitations.So does the though of “knowledge and action are one”,which has its contributions and the drawbacks.From the point of view of the degree of importance to people's subjectivity,it highlights people's subjectivity.From the holistic view on the development of the society,it promotes the Chinese culture and traditional moral to common people.At the same time,it also has theoretical contradictions,even after the development due to improper academic abuse.In the modern social life,we need to establish a spiritual goal or a life goal to realize the value of life.When we are trying to prove the spiritual value,we still have to deal with the problem of knowledge and action.Then the rationality of WangShouren's “knowledge and action are one” has certain inspiration and reference value for the people.