在宋明新儒学体系中,"致虚"是祛除私欲的工夫。"致虚以立本"是陈白沙心学的基本体证工夫。濂洛之学是陈白沙心学的源头,周敦颐、程颢、程颐的"致虚"理论对陈白沙心学产生了重要影响。"勿忘"与"勿助"是陈白沙实现儒学致虚工夫的基本途径。"勿忘"是提撕、唤醒的工夫,陈白沙通过"闲邪存诚"的"主静"或"主敬"的勿忘工夫执着于善,确立了心学的门户。"勿助"是陈白沙实现心与理凑泊的关键因素,"勿忘勿助之间"的致虚工夫是陈白沙立心学说的诀窍。在"勿忘""勿助"的致虚工夫的基础上,陈白沙实现了人与物的贯通,"惟仁与物同体"是陈白沙致虚工夫的极致。
In the new confucian system in the Song and Ming Dynasties,making empty is the skill of getting rid of selfish desire. The skill of building foot bay way of making empty is the basic skill of understanding. The knowledge of Chengyi and Chenghao is the source of Chenbaisha,knowledge of heart; the theory of making empty of Zhoudunyi,Chengyi and Chenghao produced important influence on Chenbaisha knowledge of herart. The skill of never forgetting and never helpping is the basic way with which Chenbaisha achieved the confucian understanding skill. Never forgetting is the skill of mention tearing and awakening,Chenbaisha held gold by the way of concentrating attention on quiet and esteem which achieved by the way of setting evil aside and persisted in honest,and establishied the gateway of the knowledge of heart. The skill of making empty between never foretting and never helpping is the secret of success of Chenbaisha knowledge of heart. Chenbaisha threaded the human beeing and the things together on the foundation of making empty,the naturalism of consubstantiality of benevolence and things is the perfection of the Chenbaisha skill of making empty.