The following year, he advised Chiang Ching-kuo to study Erh Ya, an ancient book containing commentaries on classics and names, the Four Books, especially Mencius, and the collection of Wang Yang-ming's works, as well as to extend his practice of Chinese calligraphy.
不可以其時代已過而忽之也。」蔣公在教導經國先生時，總是希望能在日常生活中給他潛移默化，以達到踐履篤實的地步，這是受了陽明學說的影響。蔣公指示經國先生讀書，最主要的是四書，尤其是孟子。對於王陽明全集也很重視，他說：