Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The Chuan xi lu and This Translation 2 Wang Yangming: a Brief Biography 3 Key Figures 4 Conventions 5 Key Terms Volume I Preface to the Record of Instructions for Practice The Records of Xu Ai The Records of Lu Cheng The Records of Xue Kan Volume II Qian Dehong's Preface to Volume II Letter in Reply to Gu Dongqiao Letter in Reply to Zhou Daotong Letter in Reply to Lu Yuanjing Again (Second Letter in Reply to Lu Yuanjing) Letter in Reply to Ouyang Chongyi Letter in Reply to Vice Minister of Personnel Luo Zheng'an Letter in Reply to Nie Wenwei Second Letter in Reply to Nie Wenwei Basic Principles of Children's Education: Instructions for Instructor Liu Bosong and Others Educational Compact Volume III The Records of Chen Jiuchuan The Records of Huang Zhi The Records of Huang Xiuyi The Records of Huang Xingceng The Records of Qian Dehong and Wang Ji The Records of Huang Zhi (Huang Yifang) and Qian Dehong (), Reference Works Index.