字伯安,余姚人,因晚年居于阳明洞,世称阳明先生。他在继承思孟学派的“尽心”、“良知”和陆九渊的“心即理”等学说的基础上,批判吸收了朱熹的“理”为本体学说,创立了王学,或称阳明心学。钱穆评价他是明代学者的重镇、宋明理学的高峰。 Word Boan, Yuyao people, because of his later years living in Yangming Cave, the world said Mr. Yang Ming. Based on the theories of “conscientiousness”, “conscience” and “righteousness” by Lu Jiuyuan and his theory of “mind that is righteousness” of the schism school, he criticized and absorbed Zhu Xi Wang Xue, or Yangming mind learning. Qian Mu commented that he is the center of scholars of the Ming Dynasty, the peak of Neo-Confucianism.