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This book mainly focuses on Jishui and Anfu counties in Jiangxi Province to discuss the process of the grassrootsization of Yangming Studies in the two places, including how academics develop locally, the mobilization ability of academic groups, and how Yangming Studies scholars manage their relationships with local townships. Many social undertakings accomplished under the leadership of Yangming scholars helped establish their local authority, especially the continuous tax and labor reforms in Jishui and Anfu counties during the 100 years from Jiajing to Wanli. Local Yangming scholars were the heroes behind this achievement, which made some Yangming scholars tend to be regarded as saints by local scholars and people. The cooperative and symbiotic relationship and method between Ji'an Yangming School and local families can be said to have realized to a large extent the ideal of "transforming the countryside" of the scholars of the Song and Ming Dynasties.