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Wang Yangming

Type Figure Region China Time 1472–1529 Also known as Wang Bo'an

A Ming thinker and military strategist, the great synthesizer of the School of Mind, who proposed 'extending innate moral knowledge' and 'the unity o…

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  1. 1511–1513Queshan · Ming dynastyWang Yangming took up his post in Queshan, Henan, building waterworks, clearing backlogged cases, and reforming the administration, putting the 'unity of knowledge and action' into administrative practice. His outstanding achievements laid the foundation for his later promotion and military appointments.
  2. 1516–1519Ganzhou · Ming dynastyIn southern Jiangxi, Wang Yangming implemented the ten-household registration system and selected and trained militia, successively suppressing uprisings at Tonggang, Litou, and other places. He stabilized the region with a strategy of combining grace with force and winning hearts first, and published the Southern Jiangxi Community Compact.
  3. 1519Nanchang · Ming dynastyPrince Ning Zhu Chenhao rose in revolt in the sixth month of 1519. Wang Yangming turned back while en route to Fujian, made a show of force, and attacked the rebel stronghold, crushing the rebel army outside Nanchang and capturing Prince Ning. He quelled the rebellion in just over twenty days, shocking the court and the realm.

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