Chan,
Wing-tsit (Trans.) Instructions for
Practical Living and Other Neo-Confucian Writing. New York: Columbia
University Press. 1963.
This book provides a
reliable and accessible translation of Wang’s major work, Instructions for Practical Living (chuanxilu傳習錄), and his
philosophical correspondences.
Henke,
Frederick Goodrich. The Philosophy of
Wang Yang-Ming Translated from the Chinese (Classic Reprint). Forgotten
Books, 2012.
This is a reprint of an
old translation from 1916, published by Open Court. The collection contains
Wang’s essential works (Instructions for
Practical Life, Record of Discourses and
Inquiry regarding the Great Learning)
and many of his scholarly letters.
Ivanhoe,
Philip J. Readings from the Lu-Wang School of Neo-Confucianism. Indianapolis,
IN: Hackett, 2009.
This book includes translations
of Wang Yangming’s Questions on the Great
Learning (daxue wen 大學問)
and A Record for Practice (chuanxilu 傳習錄),
as well as additional selections from Wang’s philosophical correspondence and
his poetry. The helpful notations, along
with the elegant translation and representative selections of the text, make
this book an authoritative edition of Lu-Wang’s works in English.
Ching 1976 is the first
systematic work on Wang Yangming in English, written by the late Dr. Ching, a
well respected expert on neo-Confucianism. Part I of this book contains Ching’s
detailed analysis of Wang’s philosophy; Part II includes her selected
translations of Wang’s essays and poems. Anyone working on Wang Yangming should
begin with this book.
Cua, Antonio S. Unity
of Knowledge and Action: A Study in Wang Yang-Ming’s Moral Psychology.
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. 1982.
This book gives a comprehensive analysis of Wang’s key thesis of the
unity of knowledge and action in the context of his philosophy of mind and
theory of action. In many ways, Cua’s analysis of Wang paved the ground for new
directions in the study of Chinese moral philosophy.
Frisina 2002 takes an innovative approach to the understanding of Wang
Yangming’s major thesis of the unity of knowledge and action. Though the
interpretation might not strike traditional scholars as true to Wang Yangming,
the philosophical potential of Wang’s view is greatly enhanced by this
approach.
Ivanhoe 2011 takes a
contemporary perspective and comparative analysis to reconstruct Wang
Yangming’s view of moral perception. It opens new topics for the study of
Confucian moral psychology. |