The Exploration of Yang Shiqiao's Political Practice and Thought
Guo Cui-li
In succession to the Confucian tradition,Yang Shiqiao had always stuck to assisting the monarch with moral,advocated the thinking of statecraft linking theory with practice,which he put into his political practice,and maintained the rule of the Ming Dynasty he recommended to implement a tolerant policy to the people,which was called the ideology of relying on the people.He rectified official management by the maintenance of appointing people on their merits.