 Huang Zongxi, as a self-touted follower of the Lu-Wang tradition, made a point to reinterpret Wang Yangming’s central idea of “zhi liangzhi” (extending spontaneous moral knowing to the utmost) in intellectualist terms. While Wang tended to think that knowledge must be grasped in terms of the ultimate substance of one’s own mind-heart and could not be made clear in words, thereby casting doubt on the efficacy of words and discursive practices, Huang spoke on behalf of the Ming master by claiming that the act of “extending” (zhi) innate moral knowing was practice, that is, the very act of “broad learning, examining and inquiring, deliberation with utmost care, and identifying differences clearly are all practices” (Huang MRXA: v.2, p. 53). Later, Quan Zuwang (1705–1755), an admirer of Huang’s scholarship, would offer this encomium by citing Huang’s words: 