School of Mind
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The School of Mind is a Neo-Confucian philosophical tradition, associated with Wang Yangming, that emphasizes the unity of knowledge and action and locates moral principle within the human mind itself.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese philosophical tradition
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Neo-Confucian philosophical tradition ⓘ philosophical school ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
moral self-cultivation
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realization of innate moral knowledge in action ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ming dynasty Neo-Confucianism
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Wang Yangming NERFINISHED ⓘ Yangming School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Cheng-Zhu School
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School of Principle ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Lu Jiuyuan’s philosophy
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Neo-Confucianism ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
immediacy of moral practice
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inner moral reflection ⓘ subjective moral intuition ⓘ unity of knowledge and action ⓘ |
| field |
Chinese philosophy
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Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ ethics ⓘ moral psychology ⓘ |
| geographicOrigin | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
School of the Mind
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Yangming School NERFINISHED ⓘ xinxue ⓘ |
| hasCoreDoctrine |
innate moral knowledge
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moral principle is located within the human mind ⓘ the mind is principle ⓘ unity of knowledge and action ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holdsView |
every person possesses innate moral knowledge
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external investigation of things is secondary to inner moral awareness ⓘ moral cultivation is achieved through rectifying the mind ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese Neo-Confucianism
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Korean Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ later Confucian thought in East Asia ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Confucianism
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Lu Jiuyuan NERFINISHED ⓘ Mencius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
innate knowing (liangzhi)
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li as inherent in the mind ⓘ unity of knowledge and action (zhi xing he yi) ⓘ |
| keyFigure | Wang Yangming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfExpression | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| locates | moral principle within the human mind ⓘ |
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