Lecture Hall of Master Yangming

Lecture Hall of Master Yangming

The Lecture Hall of Master Yangming is a municipal cultural heritage site in Ningbo.

The Lecture Hall of Master Yangming is located on Longquan Mountain in Yuyao Town and was rebuilt in the fifth year of the Guangxu reign during the Qing Dynasty.

On June 11, 1981, the Lecture Hall of Master Yangming was designated as a municipal-level cultural heritage site.

Wang Shouren (1472–1529), a philosopher of the Ming Dynasty in China, was the synthesizer of the idealist School of Mind. His courtesy name was Boyan and his pseudonym was Yangming. A native of Yuyao, Zhejiang, he was a renowned thinker, writer, philosopher, and military strategist of the Ming Dynasty, and the consummate representative of the Lu-Wang School of Mind. He had deep knowledge of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Wang Shouren is ranked alongside Confucius, Mencius, and Zhu Xi as one of the great sages—Confucius, Mencius, Zhu, and Wang. His philosophical teachings, known as Yangmingism or the Wang School, were the most influential school of thought during the Ming Dynasty. His academic legacy spread to China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and Southeast Asia. Achieving both moral integrity and lasting scholarly contributions, his accomplishments were unparalleled in the Ming era... More details about Wang Shouren ++