Wang Yang-Ming
Wang Yangming (王陽明 1472-1529) was a Ming Chinese idealist Neo-Confucian scholar-official. He was the leading figure in the Neo-Confucian "school of Mind." It championed an interpretation of Mencius (a Classical Confucian who became the focus of later interpretation) that "unified knowledge and action." Their rival school, the "School of li (principle)" treated gaining knowledge as a kind of preparation or cultivation which, when completed, could guide action.
Born Wang Shouren (守仁) in Zhejiang Province, his courtesy name was Bo'an (伯安). Yangming Xiansheng (Master Brilliantly Yang) was his sobriquet in the literary circle.
Yangmingshan, a national scenic attraction on Taiwan, is named after him.
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