Persona Classification Layer
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Pick two or more historical figures to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension evidence, and shared school influences side by side.
Wang Yangming
Liangzhi (innate knowledge of the good) — the unity of knowledge and action against Zhu Xi's gradualism
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where personas disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid (32 attributes) is shown.
| Attribute | Wang Yangming |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Cyclical |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Finite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Finite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Emergent |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Immediate |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Both |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Cosmic-ordering |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Experience |
| Observer · Theological Method | Mystical |
| Energy · Extent | Finite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Emergent |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Reversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each persona's writings reveal about their stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Wang Yangming
Relational time of the moral subject's cultivation; cyclical seasonal-ritual time within Confucian cosmology.
Space
Wang Yangming
Relational space of social-moral relations.
Matter
Wang Yangming
Emergent from the unfolding of li/qi; matter and mind are inseparable manifestations of the same dao.
Observer
Wang Yangming
Plural moral observers with immediate access to liangzhi (innate knowledge). Cosmic-ordering through Tian and dao.
Energy
Wang Yangming
Qi as the cosmic energetic substrate; reversible cosmic cycling.
Information
Wang Yangming
Personal heart-mind conserved through cultivation; liangzhi is the eternal moral seed.
Internal Tensions
Where each persona's working synthesis strains against itself.
The Xinxue school after Wang fragmented into multiple sub-schools, some of which (the Taizhou school, Li Zhi) drew increasingly antinomian and iconoclastic conclusions that scandalized late-Ming orthodoxy. Qing-dynasty evidential scholarship (kaozheng) attacked the speculative-meditative tendency in Wang's thought. The Wang-Zhu Xi dispute (sudden vs gradual enlightenment) has remained central to East Asian Confucian philosophy.