The fundamental purpose of education is to make people become real people. When a person is knowledgeable through education, but even the most basic qualities of a person are lacking, then his whole education is a failure; We learn a lot of knowledge every day, but only when we learn to be human can we really master other knowledge and make it useful to society.

Source: Tao Zhixing's famous sayings and educational views.

Tao Zhixing:

Tao Xingzhi devoted himself to education all his life and made pioneering contributions to the modernization of education in China. He not only established a complete educational theory system, but also carried out a lot of educational practice.

If we carefully study Tao Xingzhi's educational thought, we will find that innovation is the root of money and runs through all aspects of Tao Xingzhi's educational thought. Innovation here refers to getting rid of the "old" that does not meet the needs of the development of the times and creating "new" that adapts to social and historical progress. Innovation also has the significance of breaking idols, superstitions, dogmas and mindset.

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Tao Xingzhi's sentences and characteristics:

Education can't create anything, but it stimulates children's creativity and is committed to creating employment opportunities. -Tao Xingzhi

The purpose of creative education is hands and brain. The countermeasure of China's educational revolution is "combination of hands and brains". -Tao Xingzhi

Talent education in life is not to instill knowledge, but to give students the key to develop the cultural treasure house we know. -Tao Xingzhi

Educate for the public interest. -Tao Xingzhi

There is no big business or small business. Big things become small things. Small things become big things. -Tao Xingzhi

Teachers must have healthy bodies, farmers' skills, scientific minds, interest in art and the spirit of social reform. -Tao Xingzhi

Labor is the mother of all inventions. When everything works hard, we can get the truth of things. -Tao Xingzhi

"Teachers should not teach; Teaching is his duty; A student should not only study, but his responsibility is to learn the way of life. " . -Tao Xingzhi