Background
Pan was born in Cixi City, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province in late Ming Dynasty in 1610.
潘平格
Pan was born in Cixi City, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province in late Ming Dynasty in 1610.
His courtesy name was Yongwei (用微). During the Shunzhi Era, Pan lived in Shanying (Traditional/Simplified Chinese: 山陰/山阴. Current Shaoxing), Zhejiang Province for ten years.
Later Pan became a lecturer in Kunshan (昆山.
Current Suzhou), Jiangsu Province. Pan"s philosophy was searching for the humanity (求仁), and he emphasized to search truth or true knowledge from daily living and practice.
Pan proposed the theories of one integrated mass (渾然一體/浑然一体) and the sight from the true mind (見在真心/见在真心).