the unity of knowing and doing

The next sentence is that it is best to stop here. From the Book of Rites.

The unity of knowledge and action (Chinese vocabulary) is a philosophical theory put forward by Wang Shouren, a thinker in the Ming Dynasty, that is, the truth of knowing things is inseparable from the truth of implementing them. Knowledge refers to inner awareness, understanding of things, and behavior refers to people's actual behavior. It is an epistemological and practical proposition in China's ancient philosophy, mainly about cognitive practice.

Philosophical characteristics:

Wang Shouren's theory of the unity of knowing and doing is mainly an idealistic theory of moral cultivation, which emphasizes internal "restriction". His so-called noumenon of knowing and doing has never been cut off by private intention. It refers to the conscience of "seeing my father naturally knows filial piety, seeing my son into the well naturally knows my brother, and naturally knows sadness". It is enough to think that "the conscience of my heart is more important than things".

His "to conscience" is the unity of knowing and doing, that is, the efforts of "eliminating evil and doing good" and "eliminating human desires and preserving justice". He declared: "I just want people to know that I want to think about the starting point. If there is something wrong with the starting point, I will knock down this bad idea and eradicate it completely so that it will no longer lurk in my chest. This is my purpose. "