On Practice - Unity of Teaching, Learning, and Doing...................................1
Unity of Teaching, Learning, and Doing ......................................................................................................2
Action Is the Beginning of Knowledge ......................................................................................................... 5
Response to Zhu Duanyan’s Questions..................................................................................................... 8
The Six-Month-Old Yanziji National School : A Practical and Economical School.............................19
A Textbook for the Unity of Teaching, Learning, and Doing ..................................................................24
Record of the Discussion on Teaching, Learning, and Doing in Xianghu..............................................41
On Practice - Life as Education....................................................................... 49
Life as Education.......................................................................................................................................... 50
The Characteristics of Life Education........................................................................................................58
Education as the Utilization of Life Tools..................................................................................................62
On Life Education : A Reply to a Friend’s Letter ..................................................................................64
The Establishment and Growth of Life Education................................................................................... 67
Starting from Primitive Life ........................................................................................................................70
Practical Life Is Our Compass: A Letter to All Students........................................................................ 72
Embracing Nature as Biology Park : A Letter to Tai Hezhong .............................................................. 74
Living Education: A Continuing Exploration........................................................................................... 76
The Path to Universal Modern Life Education......................................................................................... 80
On Practice - Society as School...................................................................... 111
On “Society University” ..........................................................................................................................112
Life is Education (Excerpt)........................................................................................................................115
Creative Education (Excerpt)....................................................................................................................118
Outline of Mass Education in China ........................................................................................................ 120
The Essence of Innovation - Education Is Dynamic; It Must Be Cultivated
and Continuously Refreshed.......................................................................... 124
Manifesto of Creation.................................................................................................................................126
New Education............................................................................................................................................ 131
The Rebirth of Education.......................................................................................................................... 142
The Difference Between Traditional Education and Life Education....................................................146
Creative Education..................................................................................................................................... 149
The Two Educational Routes in Contemporary China - Teach the intellectuals to work with their
hands, and teach the manual laborers to work with their minds..........................................................160
The Complete Reform of Normal Education : A Response to the Letter from Shimin and Others. 164
The Examination of Killing and the Examination of Creation..............................................................166
Seeking Truth - Learn to Be Human, Strive to Be a True Person.............169
The Four Daily Questions..........................................................................................................................170
The Spirit of Students.................................................................................................................................181
Learning to Be a Complete Person........................................................................................................... 184
The “Pseudo-Intelligentsia” ....................................................................................................................187
A Response from a Teacher and Parent : On the Necessity of Freedom..............................................199
Pursuing Truth and Being Genuine : To Tao Xiaoguang ...................................................................... 202
On Cultivating People - Teaching Others as a Means of Self-Improvement;
Engaging the Mind While Laboring with the Body.....................................204
Teaching Others as a Means of Self-Improvement.................................................................................205
Integration of Teaching and Learning ..................................................................................................... 207
A Study on the Issue of Student Self-Governance ...................................................................................211
Education and Scientific Methods............................................................................................................ 223
My Perspective on Schools.........................................................................................................................230
Our Creed....................................................................................................................................................233
How to Guide Students to Diligent Study : A Letter to Mr. Zhengzhi................................................. 235
The First Transformation of Teacher Training Students : Becoming Sun Wukong .......................... 237
Normal Students’ Second Transformation: Become a Child.............................................................242
The Twelve-Character Theory : To Wu Shuqin..................................................................................... 246
Force-feeding Education............................................................................................................................ 247
The Ten Principles of Yucai Education....................................................................................................249
The Twenty-Three Basic Skills for Cultivating Talents.........................................................................253
On Democracy - Culture for the Public, Education for the Public ............256
An Overview of Civic Education...............................................................................................................257
What Kind of Education Should Be Universalized? ...............................................................................271
How to Cultivate Talent for Universal Education.................................................................................. 273
Cultural Cells.............................................................................................................................................. 276
Democratic Education................................................................................................................................278
The Popularization of Democratic Education......................................................................................... 280
On Children’s Education - Children Have Inconceivable Strength....... 283
Creative Education for Children.............................................................................................................. 284
Children’s Science Education.................................................................................................................292
The Task of Children’s Education : To Mr. Ye Qin............................................................................ 301
The Inconceivable Power of Children : To Mr. Pan Yichen..................................................................303
The Three Principles of Yucai Education................................................................................................305
Democratic Children’s Day .................................................................................................................... 306
The Purpose of Establishing Yucai School.............................................................................................. 308
Smashing the Hell for Children, Creating a Paradise for Children..................................................... 312
The Greatest Purpose in Life is Universal Love : To Tao Hong (the eldest son of Tao Xingzhi)...... 31
About the Translator
Dr. Qun Zheng (郑群), a graduate of The Education University of Hong Kong, holds a Doctor of Education degree. She is currently employed at Xingzhi College, Zhejiang Normal University, where she has dedicated many years to English teaching and research. Her research interests encompass the internationalization of higher education, language policy, and English language education. Dr. Zheng has authored several papers, published as the first author in prominent academic journals such as SSCI and ESCI, and serves as a peer reviewer for international journals. She has led an industry-university collaborative education project funded by the Ministry of Education, as well as numerous research and educational reform projects at both provincial and municipal levels. Additionally, she has acted as the principal investigator for several culture construction initiatives commissioned by public institutions.
Translation revised by Shuzhen Jiang