Rationalistic Philosophy of Yang Shi-qiao in the Ming Dynasty

Yang Shi-qiao,one of the representatives of Ganquan school in the latter of Ming Dynasty,was a rationalistic phylosopher.He Safeguarded Confucian tradition but refuted the school of heartology and heartology.He learned from Cheng and Zhu but didn't cling to his teachers' great expectations and demonstrates his monism theory of Human Nature from Unity in Diversity.He emphasized the importance of practicing and making study serve practical purposes,the so-called the theory of The extension of knowledge.His Rationalistic Philosophy made a great contribution to the Lixue system of Ming Dynasty.