Translation of the given content to English: "Classics of Chinese Literature Translation and Annotation Series (Third Series) -- Instructions for Practical Learning"

Author: Shen Shunkui
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: The Collected Works of Chu Xi Lu is divided into three volumes (Upper, Middle, and Lower), compiled by his disciples and recorded the teachings of Wang Yangming and his letters responding to friends and disciples on academic matters. It is the most renowned work for studying the practice of Yangming's Mind School, encompassing Wang Yangming's entire philosophical system and its fundamental doctrines, considered the sacred text of the Wang School and a classic of Mind School. In the Collected Works of Chu Xi Lu, Master Wang Yangming elaborates on his rich philosophical thoughts. Regarding Mind School, he states: "There are no objects outside the mind," "There are no principles outside the mind," "Seeking the highest good in all things and affairs is to seek the meaning outside, yet the highest good is the very nature of the mind," "The mind is the principle; is there anything outside the mind that is not the mind, or anything outside the mind that is not the principle?" "My spiritual clarity is the master of heaven, earth, spirits, and gods; heaven, earth, spirits, and all things cease to exist without my spiritual clarity." He believed that the existence of things depends on human consciousness.