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Record of Instructions for Practice: The Teachings of Wang Yangming
Editor / Translator:
This bilingual, critically annotated edition of Wang Yangming’s Record of Instructions for Practice (Chuan xi lu 傳習錄) invites readers into the world of this transformative Ming dynasty Confucian master through his engaging dialogues and correspondence with disciples and colleagues. As one of the most influential philosophical works in East Asia, the Record sets forth Wang’s distinctive teachings on the mind and conscience (liangzhi), and on the effort necessary to realize conscience in everyday life. This edition provides students and scholars with a reliable foundation for studying one of the most important Confucians in Chinese history.
George L. Israel, Ph.D. (2008), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is Professor of History at Middle Georgia State University. He has published monographs and articles on China, including Doing Good and Ridding Evil in Ming China: The Political Career of Wang Yangming (Brill, 2014).
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The Chuan xi lu and This Translation
2 Wang Yangming: a Brief Biography
3 Key Figures
4 Conventions
5 Key Terms
Volume I 傳習錄上
Preface to the Record of Instructions for Practice 傳習錄序
The Records of Xu Ai 徐愛錄
The Records of Lu Cheng 陸澄錄
The Records of Xue Kan 薛侃錄
Volume II 傳習錄中
Qian Dehong’s Preface to Volume II 錢德洪中卷序
Letter in Reply to Gu Dongqiao 答顧東橋書
Letter in Reply to Zhou Daotong 答周道通書
Letter in Reply to Lu Yuanjing 答陸原靜書
Again (Second Letter in Reply to Lu Yuanjing) 又
Letter in Reply to Ouyang Chongyi 答歐陽崇一
Letter in Reply to Vice Minister of Personnel Luo Zheng’an 答羅整菴少宰書
Letter in Reply to Nie Wenwei 答聶文蔚
Second Letter in Reply to Nie Wenwei 答聶文蔚二
Basic Principles of Children’s Education: Instructions for Instructor Liu Bosong and Others 訓蒙大意示教讀劉伯頌等
Educational Compact 教約
Volume III 傳習錄下
The Records of Chen Jiuchuan 陳九川錄
The Records of Huang Zhi 黃直錄
The Records of Huang Xiuyi 黃修易錄
The Records of Huang Xingceng 黃省曾錄
The Records of Qian Dehong and Wang Ji 錢德洪，王畿錄
The Records of Huang Zhi (Huang Yifang) and Qian Dehong 黃直(黃以方), 錢德洪錄
Reference Works
Index
Introduction
1 The Chuan xi lu and This Translation
2 Wang Yangming: a Brief Biography
3 Key Figures
4 Conventions
5 Key Terms
Volume I 傳習錄上
Preface to the Record of Instructions for Practice 傳習錄序
The Records of Xu Ai 徐愛錄
The Records of Lu Cheng 陸澄錄
The Records of Xue Kan 薛侃錄
Volume II 傳習錄中
Qian Dehong’s Preface to Volume II 錢德洪中卷序
Letter in Reply to Gu Dongqiao 答顧東橋書
Letter in Reply to Zhou Daotong 答周道通書
Letter in Reply to Lu Yuanjing 答陸原靜書
Again (Second Letter in Reply to Lu Yuanjing) 又
Letter in Reply to Ouyang Chongyi 答歐陽崇一
Letter in Reply to Vice Minister of Personnel Luo Zheng’an 答羅整菴少宰書
Letter in Reply to Nie Wenwei 答聶文蔚
Second Letter in Reply to Nie Wenwei 答聶文蔚二
Basic Principles of Children’s Education: Instructions for Instructor Liu Bosong and Others 訓蒙大意示教讀劉伯頌等
Educational Compact 教約
Volume III 傳習錄下
The Records of Chen Jiuchuan 陳九川錄
The Records of Huang Zhi 黃直錄
The Records of Huang Xiuyi 黃修易錄
The Records of Huang Xingceng 黃省曾錄
The Records of Qian Dehong and Wang Ji 錢德洪，王畿錄
The Records of Huang Zhi (Huang Yifang) and Qian Dehong 黃直(黃以方), 錢德洪錄
Reference Works
Index
scholars and students of Chinese philosophy, Neo-Confucianism, and East Asian intellectual history, as well as academic libraries and practitioners interested in Confucian self-cultivation, ethics, philology, and the study of Wang Yangming.