The Relationship between Wang Yangming and Lu Xiangshan in the Light of‘On Eradicating the Root and Source of Evil’

摘要

This paper,based on Mencius’s ideas,makes a comparative study of Wang Yangming and Lu Xiangshan in the light of Wang’s“On Eradicating the Root and Source of Evil.”Both Lu and Wang are loyal inheritors of Mencius’s ideas.e author discusses Wang’s inheritance and development of Lu’s theory focusing on two propositions:one is that the intuitive mind is obscured by ma terial desire,and the other,that utilitarian ideas penetrate the innermost mind.Though Wang’s“On Eradicating the Root and Source of Evil”is inspired by Lu,it moves forward to expand Lu’s viewpoints and thinking,and to restructure the framework of his theory.