On Yao Ying's Academic Thought from the Perspective of Order of the Four Ends
During the Jiaqing period,on the basis of Yao Nai's"righteousness,textual research,and ar-ticles",Yao Ying pointed out that one should pay attention to"righteousness,economy,articles,and knowledge".This academic concept is based on the neo-Confucianism,and invoked some of the con-cepts of Yangming School of Mind,revealing the distinctive characteristics of the time.Yao Ying,while vigorously defending the Cheng-Zhu School,did not forget to develop Wang Yangming's ideas of"considering mind as reason"and"unity of knowledge and action",and internalized them into the term"economy",which is of creativity in addition to Tongcheng School's traditional concept of honor-ing Zhu Xi.