Wang Yangming: The Redemption of the Heartmind (Hardcover)

1.?Introduction - The Development of Ancient China's Philosophy of the Heartmind: From Confucius' Grounding in Humane Care to Wang Yangming's Grounding in Innate moral consciousness.- 2.?The Heavenly Birth of "Stone Qilin".- 3.?A Senior Student in the Imperial Academy: An Intellectual Elite Fond of Classical Poetry and Prose.- 4.?New Symphonic Movements of "Journey in the Great Capital".- 5.?Good at Learning and Transforming: The Dawn of His Ideological Change.- 6.?The Yichou Enlightenment: The Starting Point of Yangming's Philosophy of the Heartmind.- 7.?From a Principal Officer in the Ministry of War to a Postmaster at Longchang Stage Station.- 8.?Enlightenment at Longchang: Transcending Baisha's Learning of Heartmind.- 9.?Pheonix Reborn: From District Magistrate of Luling to Secretary in the Ministry of Personnel.- 10.?The Movement of Heartmind Philosophy during a Second "Journey in the Great Capital".- 11.?A Journey in Nanzhili: Advocating the Way in the Southeast.- 12.?In the Southern Capital: Lectures, Debates, and a New Era.- 13.?The Ways of the Word and the Sword: Political and Military Accomplishments in Jiangxi.- 14.?The Tragicomedy of Quelling the Chenhao Rebellion.- 15. The Philosophy of Innate Moral Consciousness: The Real Birth of Yangming's School of Thought.- 16.?Struggling under the "Prohibition on Learning" of Jiajing's Reign.- 17.?The Second Summary of Yangming's Life Work.- 18.?Starting the Expedition to Si'en and Tianzhou: The Ultimate End of a Tragic Fate.- 19.?Epilogue - "This Heartmind Is Luminous": A Bright Path to Restoring the Heartmind and Becoming a Sage.