These four sentences are simple and profound. There is a story that perfectly illustrates these four sentences. An old farmer is so poor that he can't eat. He asked Wang Yangming to sell land. Wang Yangming felt sorry for him and couldn't bear to buy his land, so he lent him money first. Later, when Wang Yangming was playing, he saw a land of feng shui. He said, "The feng shui in this land is so good."
His disciples told him that this was the land that the old farmer wanted to sell, and Wang Yangming regretted it, but he added, "How could I have the idea of' regret'!" So he closed his eyes and meditated. After a while, he opened his eyes and said, "I have got rid of my lust just now and my mood is happy again."
Wang Yangming is a "disgusting person with no good body" because he can't see the ground and his heart is still. After seeing the land, he came up with the idea of "land of feng shui", which was a "good and malicious move" When he found that he had the idea of regret and felt ashamed, he was "knowing the good and knowing the evil is the conscience", and finally overcame his selfish desires and returned to peace and happiness.
Wang Yangming believes that the so-called "grasping things means grasping knowledge" is not what Zhu said, but selfish desires and conscience. No matter what you study, astronomy or geography, it doesn't matter whether you build an atomic bomb or an airplane cannon. The most important thing is to "live up to your conscience". If you learn knowledge, it is murder and arson, and that is conscience. If it is for the benefit of one party, that is the real light and conscience.
Brief introduction of Wang Shouren
Wang Shouren (1472, 10, 3 1 ~ 1529, 1 9), whose real name is Wang Yun, whose real name is Boan, whose real name is Yangming, whose real name is Leshan layman, was born in Yuyao, Zhejiang, in the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Shouren, the son of Wang Hua, a senior official in Nanjing, was a scholar in the 12th year of Hongzhi of Emperor Xiaozong of Ming Dynasty (1499) and served in the three dynasties of Emperor Xiaozong, Emperor Wuzong and Sejong. Since the Ministry of Punishment, he has successively served as Longchang Yicheng, Luling County Order, Youyoudu Yushi, Governor of Gannan, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, etc., and successively put down the bandits in Gannan and Guangdong.
In his later years, officials paid homage to Shi Yu, the capital of Nanjing Ministry of War. Jiajing died in November (1529 65438+ 10) at the age of 57. Ming Mu Zong posthumously awarded Xinjian Hou, and posthumous title was named "Wencheng". In the 12th year of Wanli (1584), he was enshrined in the Confucius Temple.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Wang Shouren.