Azuma Keiji

...The reason why this is called Yangmingism is because Wang Shouren's pen name was Yangming. The name Yangmingism originated and became popular in Japan during the Meiji period when followers of Yangmingism such as Azuma Keiji and Yoshimoto Yuzuru published journals such as "Yangmingism," "Yangmingism," and "Yangming." Prior to that, it was called Wangism or Yaojiang's school (Yaojiang was Wang Shouren's hometown). ...

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…これを陽明学と呼称したのは，王守仁の号が陽明であることに起因する。陽明学という呼称は，日本の明治期に陽明学信奉者である東敬治，吉本譲などが《陽明学》《陽明主義》《陽明》などの機関紙を発行したことに淵源し，普及した。それ以前は，王学，姚江（ようこう）の学(姚江は王守仁の出身地)などと呼称された。…

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