Wang Yangming

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1. When was Wang Yangming born?October 26, 1472
2. When did Wang Yangming die?January 9, 1529 (age 56)
3. Where was Wang Yangming born?Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, China
4. What is the related topics?Neo-Confucianism, Chinese Philosophy, Ming Dynasty, Lu-Wang School, Epistemology, Ethics
5. Who was Wang Yangming?He was a smart thinker from China in the Ming Dynasty who taught people how to know right and act right.
6. What did Wang Yangming believe about the mind?He said the universe's main idea, Li, lives inside our minds as moral knowledge.

Neo-Confucianism: A revival and reinterpretation of Confucianism that integrated metaphysical and cosmological elements from Taoism and Buddhism.
Rationalist Dualism: A philosophical view that separates reality into two distinct, fundamental substances, often mind and matter, with reason as the primary means of knowledge.
Unity of Knowledge and Action: Wang Yangming's doctrine that true understanding of a moral principle inherently leads to its immediate and unified execution.