While Yangming was still alive, the left-wingers, including Wang Longxi, clashed with Qian Xushan's group, which was moving closer to Shushigaku again, mainly over the interpretation of 'muzen muaku' in the theory of ryochi, and after the death of their master, they split.
陽明の生前より、主に良知説における「無善無悪」の解釈をめぐり王龍溪ら左派と朱子学に再接近しようとする銭緒山らは対立していたが、師の没後分裂が決定的となった。