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Abstract

Dong-yun(董澐, 1457-153314, 1457-1533) is a disciple of Wang-yangming(王陽明, 1472-1529), and Han-zhen(韓貞, 1509-1585) is a disciple of Wang-gen(王艮, 1483-1541) who is a disciple of Wang-yangming. Wang-yangming had thousands of disciples after more than three decades of lectures. Among the disciples, Dong-yun and Wang-gen became Wang-yangming’s disciple most dramatically. In addition, Hang-zen became the disciple of Wang-gen, who had as many disciples as Wang-yangming, most dramatically. After meeting Wang-yangming, Dong-yun at the age of 57 turned from poet to confucian scholar and Han-zhen at the age of 24 turned from potter to confucian scholar after meeting Wang-gen. Dong-yun did not leave a systematic work due to his personal tastes and late start, and Han-zhen only wrote about 300 poems while concentrating on the practice and not to set up a theoretical system. There is a lack of structure or originality in the studies of Dong-yun and Han-zhen. However, the fact that the theory is unsystematic may seem rather vivid, and that life-long devolution may strike a chord more than academic achievement, which is equivalent to Dong-yun and Han-zhen. They were both very compassionate. Dong-yun not only repeatedly distributed his wealth to his siblings, but also tore up his debt certificate so that the rest of the debtor’s family wouldn’t get involved with the debt when the debtor died without paying off his debts. Instead of turning to the plight of ordinary people, Han-zhen did his best to help them through his whole life.