Chapter 91 Longchang Enlightenment

When we talk about divination and dream interpretation, we know that Wang Shouren is infinitely close to the door of Taoism. This is because logical thinking is limited, and this limitation comes from the tools of thinking, language or thought itself, especially the former, as Zen said, the moon is pointed to, but the finger is not the moon.Human beings use language to express wisdom, but language is not wisdom itself.But logic is solidified in the language system. Without language, logic cannot be expressed.But with logic, but because of the hindrance of language, it deviates from wisdom itself.

Therefore, people in this world, thinking with their brains and writing with their pens, cannot approach the ultimate wisdom. Instead, they will go astray and get lost in the level of language logic. So Zen stresses an enlightenment.This kind of enlightenment is based on meta-logic. Give up your inherent language, give up logic, and return to the ignorance of primitive people. On the contrary, it is easier to rebuild your thinking system in the chaos, which is faster approaching ultimate wisdom. Therefore, Wang Shouren came to the right place when he came to Longchang.If he is still going deep into the mountains and following the old path, he will only be farther and farther away from the ultimate wisdom.Now, it is impossible for him not to perceive the characteristics and limitations of primitive thinking at a close distance, and then confirm it with the wisdom he has cultivated. In this way, in the gradual thinking, he is moving towards the ultimate wisdom step by step.

"Jing Luan Lu" records Wang Shouren's happy life in Longchang: Therefore, there were exiles from the Middle Earth who could speak the Yi language, and the Yi people centrally spoke the language to Mr. Yu, who paid daily tribute to food, and loved each other like flesh and blood.The master is the model of the teaching. The wood is used as a beam, the grass is used as a cover, and the house is built. Everyone follows it, so one side has a place to live.The Yi people thought that the place where the husband lived was low and damp, so they cut wood and built houses for him, and they were lenient.Therefore, there are Yinbintang, Hehouxuan, Junziting, and Wanyiwo, collectively named Longgang Academy.Use cypress and bamboo, plant it with herbal medicine...

We said that Wang Shouren would definitely devote himself to studying the thinking characteristics of the local indigenous tribes, and it was this primitive thinking that fascinated him.But he deliberately avoided this point in his chronicle, why is that? This should be the ghost of his disciples.We know that although Wang Shouren finally became enlightened, his disciples always stood outside the door of the sages, not knowing whether the door should be pushed in or pulled out.They only thought that they should package up their teacher and let everyone admire them, so as to widely promote Wang Shouren's thoughts on the mind.But before they entered the hall, it was impossible to have a correct understanding of Wang Shouren's wisdom. They just pulled Wang Shouren's wisdom back to a low level based on their own shallow views. As a result, Wang Shouren The ultimate loss of mind-learning thought—I would like to ask, since Wang Shouren, has anyone ever read Wang Shouren's book and became a sage?

No one can grasp the wisdom obtained by Wang Shouren's independent thinking only by Wang Shouren's books.The book has nothing to do with wisdom, it only records Wang Shouren's experience of obtaining ultimate wisdom, but not the ultimate wisdom itself. This is how Wang Shouren lived happily in the primitive society. Suddenly one night, he had a strange dream: Suddenly one night, I dreamed of Master Meng.Master Meng came down to welcome him, and the gentleman bowed to ask for advice. In order to explain the chapter of conscience, Master Meng spoke a thousand words, and testified kindly.

At that time, Wang Shouren jumped up excitedly and kept shouting. The people who were with him were stunned: sir, why are you going crazy? Wang Shouren said excitedly: I understand, I finally understand! Others said: What do you understand? Wang Shouren said: The way of a sage, my nature is self-sufficient! Since then, he suddenly realized it in his chest, and sighed: the sages and sages have their own source, and they only use the word "conscience".The so-called gewu, gewu also.The so-called extension of knowledge is also for this person.What do you get without thinking?If you don't force yourself to catch something, you will never come out of this conscience.But it is a confidant, so you can't help thinking about it, and you can't help but encourage it.If one abandons the natural knowledge of one's own nature and pursues hearing and seeing one after another, even if one wants to achieve it, it is like taking water from a tributary, but never reaches the river or sea.The change of the test will eventually be hindered, and it is not up to me to make the decision.It must be like Confucius who follows the heart and does not exceed the rules, so that the conscience can be fully utilized, so it is said that there is no gain and no self-satisfaction.If this is the case, how can there be a view of life, death, and life that is poor and disgraceful to participate in it!

This paragraph is so long that it makes people crazy, and it is so obscure that it makes people crazy. It is the famous Longchang Enlightenment in the history of Chinese philosophy. This is Wang Shouren's lifetime of wisdom and ideological harvest, which has had a major impact on the Chinese philosophy system. If any history of Chinese philosophy does not write down this paragraph and write down the name of Wang Yangming, then this book Definitely no one reads it. Enlightenment is enlightenment, we understand this and can accept it.But why did Wang Yangming dream of Mencius?Isn't Confucius a bigger sign than Mencius?louder?Why doesn't Wang Yangming dream?

This is because Wang Yangming's so-called "introduction to conscience" is just a copy of Mencius' "taking righteousness".Confucius said "Chengren", Mencius said "take righteousness", the latter Mencius' "take righteousness", "take" was changed to "zhi" by Wang Yangming, "righteousness" means the general word "yi", the righteous is suitable Also, that is what the right choice means.Correct thinking and correct approach are all "conscience".So "to confidant" means "to obtain righteousness", so Wang Yangming is not Mencius nor dreams, this is the reason.

But, Wang Shouren, what did he realize?