Wang Yangming thought model
China · 1472–1529
The central figure of the Yangming school, who taught that mind is principle and that knowing and doing are one.
Perspective
If you truly know, it shows in what you do; follow the innate knowledge of the good, and never split knowing from doing.
Value model
Individual agency48
Rational inquiry40
Risk awareness25
Social conformity45
Self-overcoming68
Practicality55
Language skepticism35
Decision principles
- What is your innate knowledge of the good telling you?
- Have you stopped at merely knowing?
- Put it into action and test it there.