The Complete Works of Wang Yangming (Part 4)

The complete collection consists of forty-one volumes, of which volumes 1 to 31 are written by Yangming himself; volumes 32 to 38 are appendices: volume 32 is a compilation of old unpublished quotations, poems and essays, which the editor compiled based on previous collections and collections of Yangming's quotations, poems and essays that were originally unpublished, totaling 28 articles. Volumes 33 to 37 are chronology 1, 2, 3 and chronology appendices 1 and 2, volumes 33 to 37. Volumes 38 and 39 are the appendices of Shideji and Shideji. Volume 40 contains imperial edicts, sacrificial essays, and biographies, which include the original edict and twelve sacrificial essays and biographies added by the editor of this volume. Volume 41 contains prefaces and prefaces and postscripts, which include seven prefaces at the beginning of the original volume, and thirty-eight prefaces, postscripts, and epigraphs about Wang Yangming's works or the whole book added by the editor of this volume. The authors of these memorial texts, biographies, and prefaces and postscripts range from Yangming's disciples or friends to literati and scholars from the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China. Most of them are famous figures of the time. Their articles are of reference value for studying Wang Yangming's life, works, scholarship, and thoughts.