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Wandering Jew
.
.
Figure in a Christian legend of a Jew who, as a consequence of rejecting Jesus, is condemned never to die, but to wander homeless through the world until the Second Coming (
Parousia
) of Christ, or until his last descendant shall have died. When the last descendant dies, the Wandering Jew
‘attains the happiness of eternal sleep’
.
Parousia
) of Christ, or until his last descendant shall have died. When the last descendant dies, the Wandering Jew
‘attains the happiness of eternal sleep’
.
Wang An-shih
(reformer):
(reformer):
Wang-pi
(important figure in neo-Taoism):
(important figure in neo-Taoism):
Wang Yang-ming
(Jap.,
Y
mei;
(Jap.,
Ymei;1472–1529)
. Chinese philosopher, soldier, and statesman, of the Ming dynasty. He was a follower of the Confucian school who incorporated into his own teachings Buddhist and Taoist insights. His principal tenets include the unity of knowledge and action and the paradoxical identity between mind and heart (
hsin
) and
li
(‘principle’, referring to being, and to virtue). The Yangming school became very popular in late Ming China (16th cent.), and spread as well to Japan, as Y
mei-gaku, where it gained adherents among the lower
samurais
, many of whom worked actively for the success of the Meiji restoration in the 19th cent.
. Chinese philosopher, soldier, and statesman, of the Ming dynasty. He was a follower of the Confucian school who incorporated into his own teachings Buddhist and Taoist insights. His principal tenets include the unity of knowledge and action and the paradoxical identity between mind and heart (
hsin
) and
li
(‘principle’, referring to being, and to virtue). The Yangming school became very popular in late Ming China (16th cent.), and spread as well to Japan, as Y
mei-gaku, where it gained adherents among the lowersamurais
, many of whom worked actively for the success of the Meiji restoration in the 19th cent.
Wanshi Sh
gaku
(Chinese Ch’an/Zen master):
gaku(Chinese Ch’an/Zen master):
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