The fundamental purpose of education is to make people become a real person, not something else. When a person is only knowledgeable through education, but lacks even the most basic human qualities, then he Our entire education is a failure; we learn a lot of knowledge every day, but only when we learn how to behave can we truly master other knowledge and make knowledge useful to society.

Source: Tao Zhixing’s famous sayings and views on education.

Tao Zhixing:

Tao Xingzhi (October 18, 1891 - July 25, 1946), a native of Shexian County, Anhui Province, was a great educator and thinker of the Chinese people. A democratic fighter, patriot, and one of the main leaders of the Chinese People's Salvation Association and the China Democratic League.

Mr. Tao Xingzhi devoted his life to education and made pioneering contributions to the modernization of education in our country. He not only created a complete educational theoretical system, but also carried out a large number of educational practices.

If we examine Tao Xingzhi’s educational thoughts carefully, innovation is like a piece of money, running through every part of Tao Xingzhi’s educational thoughts. Innovation here refers to getting rid of the "old" that does not meet the needs of the development of the times and creating the "new" that is consistent with social and historical progress. Innovation also has the meaning of breaking idols, getting rid of superstitions, breaking away from the shackles of dogma, and getting out of rigid and habitual thinking.

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Other quotes from Tao Zhixing:

Education cannot create anything, but it can inspire children's creativity to engage in creative work. ?——Tao Xingzhi

Having both hands and brains is the purpose of creating education. The countermeasure for China’s educational revolution is to form an alliance between hands and brain. ?——Tao Xingzhi

Living talent education is not to instill knowledge, but to give students the key to developing a cultural treasure house as much as we know. ——Tao Xingzhi

Education is for the public to reach the world. ?——Tao Xingzhi

Originally, there is no big or small business; if you do big things small, big things will become small things; if you do small things big, small things will become big things. ——Tao Xingzhi

Teachers must have a healthy body, the skills of a farmer, a scientific mind, an interest in art, and a spirit of social reform. ——Tao Xingzhi

Working hard is the mother of all inventions. By working hard at everything, you can get the truth of things. ?——Tao Xingzhi

“A teacher should not specialize in teaching, his responsibility is to teach people how to behave; students should not specialize in studying, his responsibility is to learn the way of life.”.

?——Tao Zhixing

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