Xun Zi's Thought on Education and Its Importance

Philosophy and Culture 34 (12):5-20 (2007)
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Education is the human civilized society, not available or lack of a social activity and social regime; humans through education, the future for personal and group's survival and development, and social culture of the transfer and promote; human life has been able to gradually improve, human Japanese culture has been able to profit or progress, education is indeed the main amount of force. Confucian thought to Confucius, Mencius, Xun, represented that the education is focused on human nature, inspired by the ethics and moral to create the perfect personality and stage enable worlds. Confucius' educational philosophy of "benevolence" as the core, the aims of education in the people a "gentleman", and then to "saints" of the territory; educational methods re 'individualized', focusing on character probation; "education category," the mental, more for the future generations adore. Mencius advocated "human nature is good" to "the heart words of" the heart of man that made ​​the four-terminal with a heavy moral consciousness and ethical practice of physical evidence that education should play with the goodness of the people, re-education methods. " inspired by "heavy" memory support and extend ", and set to implement Jen Chen to teach. Xunzi advocated "of deterioration," wishes for the good shall be through the "lead from the" and "Ceremony meaning of the Road" to "resistance from the false"; article from Xunzi: A human basis of educational thought; Second, the aims of education and function: to make that all charitable saint; Third, the teaching methods and learning: active pseudo-, re-learning; Fourth, the educational content: Lai Lok Yi and teaching; five, greater respect for the mental, etc. to make a five regardless above, and can hope for from one to explore the idea and value of education Xunzi have brief understanding. Education is an essential social activity and social institution of a civilized human society. Through education, we pursue the survival and development of individuals and groups as well as the transmission and expansion of the culture of the society. Education is the major building block of the improvement of our life and the progress of our culture. The Pre-qin scholars, with Confucius, Mencius and Xun Zi as their representatives, believed that the focus of education was to inspire human nature and achieve the perfect character of the highest good by means of ethics and morality. "Ren" was the key to Confucius's thought about education. In his mind, the goal of education was transforming one into a "gentleman" and, furthermore, a "sage." The Confucian methodology of education was "teaching students in accordance with their aptitude," stressing the reform of their personalities, and Confucius's spirit of "teaching without distinction of classes" was highly admired by later scholars. Mencius believed in the "goodness of human nature," emphasizing the confirmation of moral awareness and practice. As education was supposed to develop the goodness of human nature, in terms of methodology, he pointed out the importance of "inspiration," "cultivation and expansion," as well as the persistence in the education of "Ren . "On the other hand, Xun Zi believed in the" evilness of human nature; "goodness had to be achieved through the" transforming influence of a role model "and the" principles of propriety and righteousness "to" eliminate the evilness of human nature. "In order to have a pertinent understanding about Xun Zi's thought on education and its importance, this article is addressing the five aspects of Xun Zi's doctrine of education: first, the humanistic foundation of his thought about education; second, the goals and functions of education; third, learning and the methodology of teaching; fourth, the substance of education; and fifth, the spirit to "respect teachers and value tao.".

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