Author(s)

Congyang Chen

Corresponding Author

Congyang Chen

Abstract

Wang Yangming was a famous educator and thinker in Ming dynasty. Its ideological system characterized by "sending conscience" enjoys an important position in the history of moral education in China. From Wang Yangming's moral education thought, we can get a lot of philosophical thinking and these valuable thinking and experience can be fully applied to the current moral education work in Chinese universities. Based on the background of the formation of Wang Yangming's moral education thought, this paper first explains the goal of moral education, then interprets the concept of "conscience", and obtains the method of "combining knowledge with action". Finally, it discusses the enlightenment of Wang Yangming's moral education thought to the contemporary value from three aspects.

Keywords

Wang Yangming; To the conscience; Moral education thought; The value of enlightenment