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王阳明

Wáng Yáng míng

3-character word Traditional 王陽明

What 王阳明 means

1. Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind {心学|xīn xué}

The characters in 王阳明

• 王wángking or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand
• 阳yángpositive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism)
• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear