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unity of knowledge and action; awareness comes only through practice
A Neo-Confucian concept, especially associated with Wang Yangming, asserting that true knowledge is inseparable from action; one cannot claim to know something without acting upon it.
知行合一の考え方は、陽明学の中心的な教えの一つです。
The idea of the unity of knowledge and action is one of the central teachings of Yangmingism.
彼は知行合一を実践し、学んだことをすぐに行動に移した。
He practiced the unity of knowledge and action, immediately putting what he learned into action.
The school of Neo-Confucianism founded by Wang Yangming, which emphasizes 知行合一 as a core principle.
From Chinese 知行合一 (zhīxíng héyī), a key concept in the philosophy of Wang Yangming (陽明学). The term is composed of 知 (knowledge), 行 (action), 合 (unite), and 一 (one).