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Wang Yangming, a celebrated scholar of the Ming Dynasty, once lived in Longgang after being demoted. Xiuwen Yangmingdong is a holy temple of the Wang Yangming school of Confucius. Wang
Yangming, an ancient scholar and philosopher of the Ming Dynasty, once studied and taught there. He was forced out of the royal court and driven to
Guizhou, one of the most lonely and forbidding spots in China at that time. Wang Yangming suffered a lot and he gained a sheer insight of the mortal world so that he formed his own school of Confucius, which had a strong influence upon the following generations of intellectuals in China and Southeast Asian areas. He stayed in Guizhou not long, but he left much of his legacy here by setting up several academies. Longgang Academy is the most famous of all during his stay in
Guizhou. |