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"Take some rest, little sister. Together, we will free our land from the Templars and their pawns, Zhang Yong and his Tigers. We will rebuild our Brotherhood."
―Wang Yangming assuring Shao Jun, 1526.[src]

Wang Yangming (王陽明; 1472 – 1529), born Wang Shouren (王守仁), courtesy name Bo'an (伯安), was a Neo-Confucian philosopher, official, educator, and general of the Ming dynasty of China. He was also the Mentor of the Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins.

Biography

Life as an Assassin

Secretly a Master Assassin, Wang rose to become an important minister of the Empire and always worked for the benefit of the Assassin cause, until he was confronted by Liu Jin and was shunned from the capital. Years later, after Liu Jin's execution, Wang became governor of Jiangxi and was renowned for his military exploits.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag Unfortunately, Zhang Yong caught news of his acts and hunted him in Nan'an, in which Wang lost their sword fight and died. Zhang reclaimed the box and escaped as Shao Jun killed his guards and apologized to her Mentor for having arrived too late.[1]

Trivia

  • In Chinese, Wáng Yáng​míng's name is written as 王陽明. Wáng (王) is a common Chinese surname that means "king". The personal name is composed of two characters. Yáng​ (陽) is the positive, active principle of the duality yin and yang in Chinese philosophy, and it can also refer to the sun. Míng (明) means "bright and clear". Together, his personal name can be interpreted as "the sun's brightness".

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Appearances

Non-canonical appearances

References

  1. Assassin's Creed Chronicles: ChinaHunted

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