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
Neo-Confucian philosophical tradition
philosophical school
aimsAt moral self-cultivation
realization of innate moral knowledge in action
associatedWith Ming dynasty Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED
Wang Yangming NERFINISHED
Yangming School NERFINISHED
contrastsWith Cheng-Zhu School NERFINISHED
School of Principle
developedFrom Lu Jiuyuan’s philosophy
Neo-Confucianism
emphasizes immediacy of moral practice
inner moral reflection
subjective moral intuition
unity of knowledge and action
field Chinese philosophy
Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED
ethics
moral psychology
geographicOrigin China NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName School of the Mind NERFINISHED
Yangming School NERFINISHED
xinxue
hasCoreDoctrine innate moral knowledge
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
external investigation of things is secondary to inner moral awareness
moral cultivation is achieved through rectifying the mind
influenced Japanese Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED
Korean Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED
later Confucian thought in East Asia
influencedBy Confucianism NERFINISHED
Lu Jiuyuan NERFINISHED
Mencius NERFINISHED
keyConcept innate knowing (liangzhi)
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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Neo-Confucianism hasSubSchool School of Mind
Wang Yangming philosophicalSchool School of Mind