Qian Dehong

Qian Dehong

Qian Dehong (1496-1574), whose name is Kuan and the character is Hongfu, avoided the taboo of his ancestors and used the character to express himself. Haoxu mountain. I read the book of changes in lingxu mountain, known as Mr. Xushan. Philosophers, thinkers and educators in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. In the 11th year of Jiajing (1532) of the Ming Dynasty, he was a Jinshi. Zhejiang Yuyao (now managed by Ningbo) people. Wang Yangming's students are one of the important representatives of Confucianism after Wang Yangming. They are as famous as Wang Longxi, a philosopher and thinker in the same period.

Personal experience

In his early years, he was an apprentice. In 1521, Wang Yangming's relatives returned to Yao, and Dehong led 74 nephews and students to welcome Wang Yangming to Zhongtian Pavilion. He was one of the important representatives of Confucianism after Wang Yangming and was as famous as Wang Longxi, a philosopher and thinker of the same period. Please teach the knowledge of conscience. There are many scholars here. Dehong became Wang Yangming's main teaching assistant. Wang Yangming was ordered to go to Guangxi. Dehong presided over the lecture in Zhongtian Pavilion and was called "Professor Wang Xue". In 1532, when he was a Jinshi in the 11th year of Jiajing, he worked in Beijing for 20 years. He was jailed for resisting imperial edict and continued to learn the book of changes. After his release from prison, he gave lectures in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces, spread Yangming theory, and cultivated a large number of Wang scholars. In 1970, he began to write at home. He died at the age of 79. He paid attention to the cultivation of "doing good and getting rid of evil" and had unique views on "Tianquan four sentence teaching".

work

His works include Xu Shan Hui Yu, Ping Hao Ji, chronicle of Wang Yangming, etc.

influence

Qian Dehong sorted out Wang Yangming's main works, revised Wang Yangming's chronology, and further explained that he developed the theory of mind. Although Qian and Wang Longxi were both Wang Yangming's disciples and students, and they went to the palace examination together. They got the first prize in the same year, but they had different opinions on Wang Yangming's thought. For example, they had very different understanding and explanation of Wang Yangming's "four sentence teaching", and even fought against each other. Qian Dehong was also an influential educator at that time, who played an important role in the spread and popularization of Wang's learning.

Chinese PinYin : Qian De Hong