Luo Rufang Explained

Luo Rufang(1515–1588), also Weide (courtesy name, ) or Jinxi (art pseudonym, hào), was a Chinese philosopher of the Ming Dynasty.

Biography

He was a Neo-Confucian that was considered heir to the Yang Ming school in Taizhou. He was also an official and educator.

Luo was the student of Yan Jun (Chinese: 严钧), who studied from Wang Yangming's first disciple, Wang Ji. His student, Yang Qiyuan (Chinese: 杨起元), called him "De wu chang shi, shan wu chang zhu".

Thought

Luo a new style of Xin Xue, which contained three aspects:

He is often regarded as the forerunner of Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, and Wang Fuzhi.

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