The original name of Yangmingshan was "Grass Mountain". In 1950, it was given its present name in remembrance of Yang-ming Wang, a scholar in the Ming Dynasty. He was famous for his spirit in suppressing a rebellion and for his theory that knowledge and action should be hand in hand.
陽明山舊稱「草山」，民國三十九年改稱「陽明山」，以紀念王陽明先生的戡亂精神與知行合一的學說。