Ye Shengtao is known as an "excellent language artist".

Ye Shengtao is a pioneer in the creation of modern Chinese fairy tales. His fairy tales are novel and unique in conception, delicate and realistic in description, and rich in realistic content, so he is known as an "excellent language artist".

The fairy tale collection "Scarecrow" shows the suffering of the working people, but sometimes the atmosphere seems gloomy and sad. The later fairy tale collection "Stone Statues of Ancient Heroes" focuses on showing the collective strength of the people to unite and resist violence.

At that time, in the world of children, except for preaching about advising kindness, teaching filial piety, rewarding good and punishing evil, there were no books suitable for children. Ye Shengtao is determined to change this situation and incorporate children's literature into Chinese textbooks to make children happy to read and awaken their self-awareness.

Ye Shengtao compiled his own student textbooks and introduced vernacular, new literary works and local textbooks into the Chinese textbooks; he "set up a special situation" for children, leading students to dig soil with hoe and cultivate land. Farm; purchased a large number of Chinese and foreign classics and progressive publications such as "New Youth" and "New Wave" with his own money, and established an expo room and Liqun Bookstore.

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Ye Shengtao has many roles, including writer, educator, editor and journalist.

As an educator, Ye Shengtao has been pursuing respect for the lives of educated people throughout his life. He said: "The whole purpose of education is to enable everyone to receive education that enriches and develops themselves and becomes a free person."

A cartoon called "Education" drawn by Feng Zikai. On the screen, there is a master making clay figurines, who is carefully pressing each clay ball into the mold. Next to it is "the clay figurines that come out are all identical."

Ye Shengtao was very appreciative and said: "Educated people are by no means lifeless lumps of clay. Just press them into the mold and failure is certain." In his view, education is like agriculture. Non-industrial, educated people are "like seeds."

In Ye Shengtao’s life, whether he was a well-known writer in the May Fourth New Culture Movement, an editor with trendy ideas, or a publisher who promoted the establishment of a scientific textbook system, he never stopped paying attention to The exploration of educational laws and the pursuit of the essence of education.

Many of his educational concepts still have profound significance today: "The ultimate goal of teaching any homework is to achieve the point where students do not need to be taught. When students enter this realm, they can explore, analyze, and analyze on their own." To gain experience and acquire correct knowledge and proficiency.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Ye Shengtao