Yangming Scholar Society Community - History, Thought and Practice

Author: Lü Miao Fen
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: This book adopts the research approach of social and cultural history to study the rise and fall of the most important academic movement in the Ming Dynasty—the Yangming School. In addition to describing the construction, development, and history of local lecture halls in chronological order, the book explores the following aspects: the intellectual content of scholars, debate topics, internal differences within the school, the actions of individuals and groups and their political implications, changes in Ming Dynasty education, the imperial examination system, and the scholar-official groups derived from these systems in the overall social structure. The dimensions covered extend from the inner world of individuals to the political and social level, making it a work that attempts to place the Yangming School within the cultural context of the Ming Dynasty for study. This book adopts the research approach of social and cultural history to study the rise and fall of the most important academic movement in the Ming Dynasty—the Yangming School. In addition to describing the construction, development, and history of local lecture halls in chronological order, the book explores the following aspects: the intellectual content of scholars, debate topics, internal differences within the school, the actions of individuals and groups and their political implications, changes in Ming Dynasty education, the imperial examination system, and the scholar-official groups derived from these systems in the overall social structure. The dimensions covered extend from the inner world of individuals to the political and social level, making it a work that attempts to place the Yangming School within the cultural context of the Ming Dynasty for study.