The Enlightenment of Wang Shouren’s Educational Methods on Modern Education Wang Shouren attached great importance to children’s education. He criticized the popular educational methods of “supervision”, “responsibility” and “punishment” at that time, believing that this educational method killed the He hated the nature of children.

So he advocated the adoption of teaching methods that adapt to children's temperament and make children "tend to be encouraged" and "centered with joy", so that children can make progress in their learning and achieve the purpose of education.

Through years of teaching practice, he has summarized and accumulated rich educational and teaching theories. Among them, the educational method of inspiration and induction has a profound impact on children's education. Wang Shouren is proficient in Confucianism. His educational method of "inducing, guiding and sarcastic" is the reference, summary and improvement of Confucius' educational method. The educational method develops the teaching content of singing, poetry, etiquette, and reading, which not only enriches the teaching method, but also makes children not feel bored when receiving knowledge, and is willing to learn, achieving the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.

Ideology

Wang Shouren opposed viewing the Confucianism of Confucius and Mencius as immutable precepts, and opposed blind obedience to feudal ethics and morals, and emphasized individual initiative. He proposed " The philosophical proposition of "leading to conscience" and the methodology of "unity of knowledge and action" have the significance of breaking through the shackles of feudal thought and calling for the liberation of thought and personality.

Wang Yangming recruited many disciples and promoted his ideas, which was known as the "Yangming School" (also known as the "Yaojiang School") in history. His works include the thirty-eight volumes of "Wang Chengwen Gongquan Shu", which is evaluated by academic circles as the earliest enlightenment philosophy that appeared in the late feudal medieval society of China.