1905, Japanese navy general Tougou Heihachirou returned to the mainland. As a rare genius general in Japanese military history, he led the poorly equipped Japanese fleet to annihilate the Russian Pacific Fleet and the Baltic Fleet in the victory of the Russo-Japanese War, and became a household name in Japan.
Because of his outstanding performance in the war, the Japanese emperor appointed him as the naval military commander, recalled Japan, and held a celebration banquet in his honor.
At this banquet, faced with the praise of all the participants, Tougou Heihachirou was silent and just took out his waist tag for everyone to see. There are only seven words on it:
Worship Yang Ming all his life.
Wang Shouren, whose real name is Boan, posthumous title Yangming.
In the eighth year of Chenghua (1472), Wang Shouren was born in Yuyao, Zhejiang. Most successful people come from poverty. At an early age, you have to go up the mountain to cut wood and go fishing in the sea. There are several sick relatives at home who go to Lacrimosa every day. This is almost routine. Unfortunately, Mr. Wang Shouren's situation is just the opposite.
Wang Shouren's family is a famous big landlord, very rich, and he also has a very famous ancestor-Wang Xizhi. I don't know if it's true or not, but with his family's conditions, even it's not surprising.
Most of the ancestors of the Wangs were officials. It is said that the ancestor Wang Gang used to be Liu Bowen's minion, and the highest one was Sipin. Although the descendants of later generations are similar, they are ok. When I arrived at Wang Shouren's father Wang Hua, things changed.
In the seventeenth year of Chenghua (148 1), Wang Shouren left Zhejiang at the age of ten and moved to Beijing with his family. Because of the smoke from his grave, his father Wang Hua won the highest award this year.
This is a great event for the Wangs, and Wang Hua's sense of responsibility has been greatly enhanced. After all, Lao Tzu is a hero, and he is already the top scholar. His son is not a fool if he can't surpass himself in the future. So he invited many teachers to teach Wang Shouren to read.
Ten-year-old Wang Shouren began to read four books and five classics. He understood quickly and was able to draw inferences, which surprised the old gentlemen, but soon, the teachers found bad signs.
According to Wang Zhuangyuan's teachers, Wang Shouren is not a good student, not sitting in a private school, but likes to dance with guns and read art books. He also likes to ask some strange questions and write some puzzling things, such as poems.
The mountain is smaller than the moon and the sidewalk is bigger than the moon.
If people's eyes are as big as the sky, they should see that the mountains are higher and the moon is wider.
In the eyes of gentlemen, this is an absurd limerick. After reading it, Wang Hua thought for a long time, called Wang Shouren and asked him a question:
"Is the study boring?"
Wang Shouren nodded his head.
"Come with me to the customs."
Wang Hua is talking about Juyongguan, and he feels an unspeakable mystery from this poem. For the first time, he realized that his son was extraordinary. There was no room for him in the study, so Wang Hua decided to take him through the customs to broaden his horizons.
The name of this poem is A Room Covering the Moon, which was written by Wang Shouren when he was twelve years old. This is also his first poem that has been handed down through the ages.
This poem seems naive, with the charm of limerick, but full of mystery. Which is bigger, the mountain or the moon? The twelve-year-old boy gave a specious answer with his unique way of thinking and observation.
His way of thinking was called dialectics by later generations.
Wang Yangming was born in a scholarly family in Yuyao, Zhejiang. Grandmother is a birthday girl who is over 0/00 years old. Her father, Wang Hua, was the first scholar in Chenghua in the 17th year of Ming Dynasty. She taught Emperor Xiaozong first, and then learned morality. Wang Yangming was born in his mother's womb for fourteen months. When he was born, his grandmother had a strange dream and saw a fairy taking a child to their house in the clouds. Therefore, after Mr. Yang Ming was born, his grandmother named him "Yun" to commemorate this strange dream. After Mr. Yangming was born, it was still very strange. He can't speak at the age of five, so his family is naturally worried. Is this strange child dumb? Later, a stranger came and said, "The child's name can't be Wang Yun, but Wang Shouren." So I changed his name.
At the age of fifteen, Wang Yangming began to travel around and went to Juyongguan and Shanhaiguan. I often sneak out of the Great Wall and enjoy the scenery of mountains and rivers. He not only likes to talk about military affairs, but also likes to ride horses and shoot arrows, which is of high level. However, his literary talent is even better than Wu slightly. By the age of 20, he had taken the provincial examination and got good grades. In the twelfth year of Hongzhi, he was admitted to Jinshi and became a national civil servant.
So according to the old legend, Wang Yangming is still a master of martial arts. Please read this article by Jin Yong:
After sitting for about half an hour, I suddenly brightened up and my limbs were full of vitality. I can't help but make a noise in my mouth. This sound is like dragons singing in Ozawa, tigers roaring in deep valleys, and it has spread to far away places. When Huang got up and dressed, he realized that he had heard his strange voice, but to his surprise, his internal strength had actually entered Sri Lanka.
It turns out that when a person practices his internal skills to a certain extent, he often makes a strange noise unconsciously. Later, in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Yangming, a great scholar, practiced in the military camp at midnight. Suddenly, all the troops were surprised. This is a question with a clear history. At this time, Yang Guo was so weak that it was difficult to restrain him, and he roared for miles.
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Qixia Mountain, located in the east of xiuwen county City, Guizhou Province, is a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit.
Wang Yangming, a famous philosopher and educator in Ming Dynasty, lived in this cave for three years (1508) when he was appointed as Longchang (now xiuwen county).
In these three years, Wang Yangming's famous important thoughts such as "to conscience" and "the unity of knowledge and practice" and some famous prose articles were all "enlightened" and written here. There are several buildings in Qing dynasty next to the cave, and there are many stone inscriptions.
Wang Shouren (1472- 1528) was born in Yuyao (now Yuyao City, Zhejiang Province) and was called "Mr. Yang Ming".
In the twelfth year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty (1499), he was a scholar and served as the director of the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of War. For opposing eunuch Liu Jin, he was beaten by a stick for forty years and was promoted to the post-official of Longchang (now Xiuwen). He was humiliated in Zhengde for three years (1508).
When I first arrived in Longchang, I had no fixed place and was immersed in a natural cave to ponder the Book of Changes. This cave was named "Play with a Nest". Then move to Longgang Mountain. A hole was born on the mountainside, and the locals called it "East Cave". This hole is quite spacious and bright. Because Wang Shouren once lived here, it was renamed "Yangming Cave", which was called "Yangming Cave" in history. When there is dripping water at the top of the cave, the local ethnic minorities pity its humidity, cut trees and build thatch, and build houses for it at the lower right of the cave. Wang Shouren named it "He Lou Xuan" because "where a gentleman lives, there is no wonder". A small pavilion was built on the upper left of the cave, and some bamboo was planted around it.
Wang Shouren named this pavilion "Gentleman Pavilion" because bamboo has the virtue of being a gentleman. After living in Longchang for three years, he devoted himself to enlightenment, formed the famous theories of "mind is reason" and "unity of knowledge and action", and sprouted the idea of "to conscience", which laid the foundation for him to become a famous philosopher. "Wang Xue" has a great influence on the ideological circles of China, Japan and Korea.
Wang Shouren gave lectures in Longgang Academy in Longchang and Guiyang Civilized Academy successively, which made Guizhou, a "mountain country" with "even the peak sky" and "birds can't pass", become a civilized place.
For multi-ethnic Guizhou, Wang Shouren has much to commend in dealing with ethnic relations, so he is trusted and treated well by people of all ethnic groups, including the upper class.
In the famous Travel Essays, he earnestly warned outsiders, "You will live in peace, but you will accomplish nothing in this market!" In the words of modern people, it is "just live where you should live, and don't hurt the village here!" In fact, Wang Shouren attaches great importance to ethnic relations. He was very friendly with Ann Rong Gui, the envoy of the Yi Tusi in Guizhou. He wrote to Rong Gui twice, telling him to put the overall situation first and not to reduce the number of radio stations, so as not to get burned. He was also entrusted by an Xuanwei to write the Collection of Xiang Ci. Both Xiang Ci Ji and Lu Luwen were later included in China Ancient Literature, which became the swan songs of the ages. After he left Longchang, Anguo, the ambassador of Xuanwei, Guizhou, personally wrote "Mr. Yangming's Love" and carved it on the cave wall. It is still intact and cherished by the world.
Twenty-three years after Wang Shouren's death and thirty years after Jiajing (155 1), the governor of Guizhou, Zhao Jin, transformed Longgang Academy into "Wang Wencheng Gongci", and Yangming Cave became an important memorial site of Wang Shouren. Guiyang people also go to write essays to worship, or come from afar to worship. Later, in the 19th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (18 14), Yangming Temple was built at the foot of Fufeng Mountain in the east of Guiyang.