[Revised entry by Bryan Van Norden on September 17, 2024.
Changes to: Bibliography]
Wang Yangming (1472 – 1529) was a Chinese statesman, general, and Neo – Confucian philosopher. He was one of the leading critics of the orthodox Neo – Confucianism of Zhu Xi (1130 – 1200). Wang is perhaps best known for his doctrine of the “unity of knowing and acting,” which can be interpreted as a denial of the possibility of weakness of will….
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