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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Wang Yangming

Born: October 31, 1472
Died: January 9, 1529 (aged 56)
Bio: Wang Yangming, courtesy name Bo'an, was a Chinese idealist Neo-Confucian philosopher, official, educationist, calligraphist and general during the Ming dynasty.
Known for:
- The philosophy of Wang Yang-ming
- The Philosophical Letters of Wang Yang-ming