Water, Plant, Light, and Mirror： On the Root Metaphors of the Heart-Mind in Wang Yangming＇s Thought

作     者：BAO Yongling 

作者机构：Institute of Philosophy Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Shanghai 200235 China 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Philosophy in China》 (中国哲学前沿（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第10卷第1期

页      面：95-112页

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0502[文学-外国语言文学] 050201[文学-英语语言文学] 0101[哲学-哲学] 05[文学] 07[理学] 0712[理学-科学技术史(分学科，可授理学、工学、农学、医学学位)] 071003[理学-生理学] 

基　　金：China's Post-doctoral Science Fund Ministry of Education of Humanities and Social Science Project Fund for Philosophy and Social Science in Shanghai 

主　　题：Wang Yangming root metaphor heart-mind innate knowledge,human nature self-cultivation 

摘      要：Clarifying Wang Yangming＇s thought through a study of his root metaphors of heart-mind is an important step toward explaining his further concepts of the human world. Along with the root metaphors of water and mirror, the metaphors of plant and light work together for Wang to form a coherent theoretical and practical system of xin （heart-mind）. This method is also a good way to unravel the various theories of the ＂three teachings＂ that are intermingled in his thinking. By using this methodology Wang＇s attempts to harmonize several ancient traditions of heart-mind that appear as possibly polarized to modem readers, are illuminated （though they did not appear contradictory to the Neo-Confucians）.