China's Favorite Confucian: Wang Yangming

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In this lecture, Prof Van Norden introduces the philosophy of Wang Yangming (1472-1529), whom China's leader Xi Jinping has described as his favorite non-Marxist philosopher.
Previous Lecture: "Understanding the Classic of Changes," • Understanding the Clas...
Following Lecture: "Weakness of Will in Confucian Philosophy," • Weakness of Will in Co...
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2:23 Wang’s Life
4:38 The Civil Service Examinations
17:48 Wang as Monist
23:53 The Bamboo Incident
27:55 “Pure Knowing” and Its Source in Mengzi
35:24 Can one write down the teachings of the Master?
42:31 The Opening of the Great Learning
47:51 Wang on “Enlightening One’s Enlightened Virtue”
50:33 Forming One Body with Other Humans
51:38 Forming One Body with Birds and Beasts
52:57 Forming One Body with Plants and Trees
55:46 Forming One Body with Stones and Tiles
58:11 Selfish Desires
1:00:43 Wang on “Loving the People”
1:03:36 Wang on “Resting in the Ultimate Good”
1:07:35 Lecture Overview

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16 окт 2024

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Комментарии : 42

@dwl3006 Год назад

I absolutely adore these lectures, they are incredible. Thank you so much professor, this is really a treasure to humanity.

@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy Год назад

Thank you for your kind words!

@globalcompassioncommunity 9 месяцев назад

This is so informative!! Thanks so much professor! I'm Wang Guo Wen (vuong quoc Vinh in vietnamese)

@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy 9 месяцев назад

I'm glad you found something useful in my lectures.

@aFfoochen 2 года назад

Thank you for this great lecture. Growing up in a public school in Beijing in the 90s, I wish I could have had a teacher like you and a curriculum like this. Just bought your book.

@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy 2 года назад

Thank you for your kind words!

@choyng5437 Год назад

The sad truth is that under the communist dictatorship, and after the purge of traditional teachings, it is unlikely that Chinese classical scholars with independent mindset and outlook can survive and flourish, it is not entirely surprising you were not able to find a good one, be that as it may,「禮失求諸野」…

@阳明子 Год назад

@@choyng5437 🤡

@HakuYuki001 11 месяцев назад

@@choyng5437Lol, brainwashed much!!!

@ramqi6239 2 года назад

thank to you bryan i know now chinese philosophy is more deep than i tough

@real_Gi 11 месяцев назад

Richard Wilhelm reincarnated into this man's body 🙌

@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for your kind words!

@Yangminggarden 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing and offering this commentary. Very helpful!

@linfenghuang2115 2 года назад

Very insightful lecture,thanks.

@luisfbjunqueira5837 2 года назад

Many thanks!

@broquestwarsneeder7617 3 года назад

I really appreciate your lectures, Bryan. It's been good to spend some time with neo-Confucianism these past few weeks. I have a couple of questions: - Do you practice jing zuo? - Will you ever consider making a lecture on Han Feizi? - Is your last name Dutch?

@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy 3 года назад

- I do not currently practice jing zuo, but I have done so in the past, and attended a weekend retreat at a Zen monastery to get a first-hand experience - Some day I will record a lecture on Han Feizi, but perhaps not for a few months. - Yes, my family name is Dutch.

@broquestwarsneeder7617 3 года назад

@@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy Cool, thanks for answering!

@kenmcrae8591 2 года назад

Thank you for this wonderful lecture. It is very beneficial and it taught me much. Is there an English version of his collected sayings / teachings, please? Did he ever write a commentary on the Book of Changes?

@blob15man 3 года назад

Is just reading Zhuxi’s commentaries on the four books a good introduction to Confucianism/Neo-Confucianism? Is there any pre-readings you would recommend?

@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy 3 года назад

Many people like to start with my translation of Mengzi: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries. The introduction is a helpful overview.

@blob15man 3 года назад

@@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy thanks :)

@davidfoley8546 Год назад

Do you have any recommendations for studies in comparative philosophy between the Platonic tradition (esp. Neoplatonism) and Neoconfucianism? Do they exist? I'm aware of the attempt to see Confucianism through a virtue ethical lens, but I'm interested in metaphysics as well.

@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy 9 месяцев назад

The metaphysics of Neo-Confucianism and Platonism are very different.

@davidfoley8546 9 месяцев назад

@@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy Any good work comparing neoconfucian metaphysics with the Western tradition(s) more broadly?

@pwsid9044 5 месяцев назад

Thank you

@christophergeddis8829 3 года назад

Is there an English translation of Zhu Xi's commentaries on the Four Books?

@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy 3 года назад

There is no complete one, but see Daniel Gardner, trans., The Four Books.

@christophergeddis8829 3 года назад

@@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy Thanks!

@choyng5437 Год назад

Generalissimo Chiang and Chairman Mao were also admirers of Wang, and far more enthusiastic followers of Wang than Xi.

@blackfeatherstill348 Год назад

Zhuangzi has a similar perspective on the writings of past teachers/sages. "the dregs/dirt of the ancients". Are there any other similarities between their philosophies?

@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy Год назад

Yes, Wang Yangming is in a wing of Confucianism very influenced by Zhuangzi's ideals.

@aucnes Год назад

heart doctrine

@mandys1505 3 года назад

It's a robot 😳🔥whoa.

@albertwoodeasy9021 6 месяцев назад

Another opportunistic misrepresentation of cores of Confucius.

@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy 6 месяцев назад

Can you give an example of a misrepresentation?

@albertwoodeasy9021 6 месяцев назад

@@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy he misquoted or twisted kongzi's words intended to mean human nature should gravitate towards benevolent, compassion and kindness, into that kongzi preached that origins of human nature is benevolent, kind and good, which kongzi never insinuated.