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9 | (14) |
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1 The Being of Ego and the Non-Being of Ego |
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12 | (7) |
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2 Seriousness and Easefulness |
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19 | (2) |
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3 Rationalism and Existentialism |
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21 | (2) |
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Chapter 2 The Content of the Doctrine "Mind Is Principle" |
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23 | (42) |
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1 The Initiation of the Doctrine: "Mind Is Principle" |
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33 | (5) |
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2 The Content of the Doctrine: "Mind Is Principle" |
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38 | (12) |
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(1) Set Principle and Utmost Perfection |
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39 | (1) |
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(2) Moral Rule and Moral Object |
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40 | (2) |
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42 | (4) |
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(4) No Principle Outside the Mind |
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46 | (1) |
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(5) Dominance, Perception, and Order |
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47 | (3) |
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3 Interpretation of the Doctrine "Mind Is Principle" |
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50 | (8) |
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4 The Contradictions of the Doctrine "Mind Is Principle" |
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58 | (7) |
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Chapter 3 Mind and Things |
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65 | (24) |
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65 | (3) |
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68 | (8) |
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76 | (7) |
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4 Mind and Things in the Same Body |
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83 | (6) |
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Chapter 4 Mind and Nature |
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89 | (38) |
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1 The Unaroused and Aroused Feelings |
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89 | (13) |
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2 The Original Substance of the Mind |
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102 | (10) |
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(1) The Highest Good Is the Original Substance of Mind |
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102 | (2) |
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(2) The Original Substance of Mind Is the Principle of Nature |
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104 | (1) |
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(3) Sincerity Is the Original Substance of Mind |
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105 | (1) |
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(4) Knowledge Is the Original Substance of Mind |
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106 | (1) |
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(5) Joy Is the Original Substance of Mind |
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107 | (2) |
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(6) Calmness Is the Original Substance of the Mind |
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109 | (1) |
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(7) Evil Is the Loss of the Original Substance |
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110 | (2) |
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112 | (15) |
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(1) The Original Substance of the Mind Is Nature |
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112 | (2) |
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114 | (2) |
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(3) Nature, Heaven, and Destiny |
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116 | (3) |
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(4) Nature and Physical Nature |
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119 | (4) |
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(5) The Good and Evil of Nature |
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123 | (4) |
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Chapter 5 Knowledge and Action |
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127 | (30) |
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1 He Content of the Unity of Knowledge and Action |
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127 | (15) |
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(1) The Original Substance of Knowledge and Action |
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127 | (6) |
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(2) True Knowledge Constitutes Action and Cannot Be Called Knowledge Unless Put into Action |
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133 | (1) |
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(3) Knowledge Is the Beginning of Action and Action Is the Completion of Knowledge |
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134 | (3) |
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(4) Knowledge Is the Direction for Action and Action Is the Effort of Knowledge |
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137 | (1) |
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(5) Knowledge in its Genuine and Earnest Aspect Is Action, and Action in its Intelligent and Discriminating Aspect Is Knowledge |
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138 | (2) |
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(6) No One Really Learns Anything Without Carrying It into Action, and No Learning Can Be Considered Learning If It Is Not Carried into Action |
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140 | (2) |
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2 The Purpose and Efforts of the Unity of Knowledge and Action |
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142 | (11) |
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(1) The Purpose of the Unity of Knowledge and Action |
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142 | (4) |
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(2) Criticism on the Unity of Knowledge and Action |
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146 | (3) |
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(3) Extending Innate Knowledge and the Unity of Knowledge and Action |
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149 | (2) |
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(4) The Effort of the Unity of Knowledge and Action |
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151 | (2) |
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3 The Analysis of the Unity of Knowledge and Action |
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153 | (4) |
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Chapter 6 Sincerity and Investigating Things |
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157 | (58) |
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1 The Old Version of The Great Learning and its Preface |
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158 | (8) |
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166 | (9) |
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3 The Investigation of Things and the Investigation of Mind |
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175 | (5) |
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4 Debates on the Investigation of Things |
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180 | (21) |
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(1) Discussion of the Investigation of Things with Zhan Ganquan |
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180 | (10) |
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(2) Interpretation of the Investigation of Things by Luo Zhengan |
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190 | (9) |
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(3) The Debate of the Investigation of Things with Gu Dongqiao |
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199 | (2) |
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5 The Doctrine of the Investigation of Things in Inquires into The Great Learning |
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201 | (14) |
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Chapter 7 The Innate Knowledge and the Extension of Innate Knowledge |
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215 | (46) |
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1 Putting Forward the Doctrine of the Extension of Innate Knowledge |
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216 | (6) |
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222 | (18) |
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(1) The Innate Knowledge Is the Mind of Right and Wrong |
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222 | (3) |
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(2) The Innate Knowledge and Intention |
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225 | (4) |
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(3) The Innate Knowledge and Self-Knowledge |
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229 | (2) |
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(4) The Innate Knowledge Is Called Sage |
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231 | (2) |
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(5) The Innate Knowledge Is the Heavenly Principle |
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233 | (3) |
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(6) The Innate Knowledge and Luminous Virtue |
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236 | (1) |
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(7) The Innate Knowledge and Self-Contentment |
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237 | (3) |
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3 The Extension of Innate Knowledge |
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240 | (12) |
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(1) The Meaning of Attaining the Utmost in the Extension of Innate Knowledge |
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240 | (4) |
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(2) The Meaning of Action in the Extension of Innate Knowledge |
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244 | (4) |
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(3) The Innate Knowledge and What Is Seen and Heard |
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248 | (4) |
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4 From the Investigation of Things to the Extension of Knowledge |
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252 | (9) |
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Chapter 8 Being and Non-Being |
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261 | (60) |
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1 The Discussion at Tianquan Bridge |
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262 | (16) |
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2 No Distinction Between Good and Evil |
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3 The Original Substance of Mind and the Original Substance of Nature |
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278 | (21) |
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4 Confucianism and Buddhism |
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299 | (5) |
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304 | (9) |
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6 A Conversation at Yantan |
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313 | (8) |
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Chapter 9 The Spiritual Realm |
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321 | (54) |
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1 The Realm of Being and Non-Being |
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321 | (10) |
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2 Non-Being of Ego as the Foundation |
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331 | (14) |
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(1) Self-Contentment and the Non-Being of Ego |
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331 | (3) |
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(2) Reverence and Unrestrainedness |
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334 | (5) |
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(3) Immobility and No Attachment |
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339 | (6) |
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345 | (7) |
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4 Forming One Body with Things |
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352 | (23) |
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(1) The Benevolent Taking of Everything in the World As in One Body |
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354 | (6) |
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(2) The Realm of Being of the Ego |
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360 | (5) |
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365 | (10) |
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375 | (62) |
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1 The Internal and the External, the Root and the Branch |
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375 | (25) |
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(1) Selfishness and Unselfishness |
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375 | (3) |
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(2) The Learning of the Mind and the Method of the Mind |
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378 | (3) |
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381 | (3) |
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(4) Extensive Learning and Strict Propriety |
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384 | (2) |
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(5) Refinement and Singleness |
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386 | (1) |
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(6) Mind and Six Classics |
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387 | (4) |
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391 | (5) |
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396 | (4) |
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2 Being and Non-Being, Activity and Tranquility in Efforts |
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400 | (37) |
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(1) Field Experience and Sitting Meditation |
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400 | (5) |
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(2) Caution and Apprehension, and What to Think About and Deliberate About |
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405 | (13) |
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(3) Preoccupation and Spontaneity |
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418 | (4) |
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(4) Accumulating Righteousness and an Unperturbed Mind |
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422 | (4) |
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(5) Activity and Tranquility |
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426 | (5) |
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(6) Mind Preservation and the Vital Force of Calmness |
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431 | (6) |
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437 | (66) |
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1 Yangming's Spiritual Progress in His Early Life |
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438 | (7) |
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2 Yangming's Teaching Method in His Middle Age |
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445 | (4) |
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3 The Perfection of Yangming's Thoughts in His Old Age |
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449 | (5) |
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4 The Change and Development of the Yangming School after His Death |
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454 | (9) |
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Appendix Mysticism in the Traditional Learning of the Heart (Xinxue) |
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463 | (38) |
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463 | (3) |
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(2) Mystical Experience in the Ming Learning of the Heart |
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466 | (13) |
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(3) Mystical Experience in the Song Learning of the Heart |
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479 | (12) |
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(4) Neo-Confucian Criticism on Mysticism |
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491 | (5) |
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496 | (5) |
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A Brief Summary of Wang Yangming's Chronology |
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501 | (2) |
Bibliography of Works Cited |
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503 | (12) |
Postscript |
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515 | (13) |
Acknowledgments by the Translator |
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528 | (1) |
Endnotes |
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529 | (24) |
Index |
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