"History of the Ming Dynasty" commented on him: "At the end of the Ming Dynasty, civil servants won by force, and there were no benevolent people."
Later generations summed up Wang Yangming's fighting and said that he had the advantages of Zhou Yafu and Zhuge Liang:
"Careful deployment, such as the thin willow wall of Yafu; Take a leisurely rest, such as Kong's Feather Fan Scarf.
What is the secret of Wang Yangming's success?
In fact, in the Complete Works of Wang Yangming, the core of Wang Yangming's success has been revealed:
When Wang Yangming went to Gannan to pacify bandits, his good friend Wang Wenyuan foresaw that Wang Yangming's trip would be a great success: "Yang Ming's trip would be a great success." The basis of the book is: "I can't touch it."
In other words, Wang Yangming's enlightenment through the Dragon Field did not move his heart because of the gain and loss of his reputation. This level is difficult to practice!
When Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, was put down, Wang Yangming was confronted with a powerful rebel force dozens of times his own, an army of miscellaneous brands improvised by civil servants and peasants. Wang Yangming didn't panic, but he was calm and commanding. According to appeasement, he captured Wang Ning in one fell swoop.
During this period, Wang Yangming insisted on giving lectures to students on the military front. When a student asked him why he was so indifferent, Wang Yangming said: This heart does not move, it moves randomly!
This heart doesn't move, it just moves randomly.
Wang Yangming later said: My heart is empty, I have no desire at the moment, but I will know and understand the movement of your heart, and at the same time I will have insight into all the falsity in it, so I can take action on it.
If you compare Wang Yangming and Zhu, you will understand!
Facing the powerful Zhu, Wang Shouren kept his inner peace. His heart is an empty mirror, Wang Ning's "reckless action" will be clearly reflected in this mirror, and his fatal defects will be taken in everything in a glance by Wang Yangming.
In this way, Wang Yangming can seize the loophole in Wang Ning at any time and let himself "touch", not only preemptively, but also preemptively.
Wang Yangming met his opponent politically or militarily. He never lost, because he practiced so hard!
Touching is Wang Yangming's more powerful technique!
Wang Yangming never fights to the death with the enemy. His tactics can be described as perfect. He did not stick to Confucianism, but used the system of legalists, the teachings of Confucianism, the deception of military strategists and the inaction of Taoism. The unpredictability and unexpected nature of the law make it impossible for opponents to guard against it!
If there is no cultivated heart, it is "the heart moves wildly and moves with the nature."
My heart is too restless, and my heart is often in an "impulsive" state, that is, one thought after another keeps exploding in our hearts like rolling thunder. The true thoughts of the mind will be obscured by sensibility, it is difficult to understand the truth of things, get into a puzzle, and further become a fan of those in power. So we don't have to talk about winning. The action is a bit like "a blind man rides a blind horse and comes to a deep pool in the middle of the night".
How to cultivate this kind of mind that moves at will?
Wang Yangming gave the answer: people must sharpen things in order to stand firm and calm!
To put it bluntly, it is to experience more things and temper more things!
Welcome to pay attention to this headline number about cultivating the mind. I will post a specific discussion in these two days!
I got all the above contents from the Complete Works of Wang Yangming. Interested parties can start with it and discuss it together!