"Truthfulness, benevolence, sincerity and trustworthiness" are the current universal value construction requirements for the education system and even the whole society. The core keyword is "being a real person".

To be a real person, you must respect facts and tell the truth. At present, the phenomenon of "fake, big, empty, and treacherous" is not uncommon. Faced with this situation, education should adhere to the original meaning of "teaching people to seek truth."

To be a real person, we must unite knowledge and action and be pragmatic. When considering values, we should not only “observe their words” but also “observe their actions”. In reality, there are serious deviations between words and deeds among students. For example, when taking exams, they will write "The true value of life lies in contribution to society." However, this value in scores is not truly recognized in the heart. Therefore, we must adhere to the unity of thought and practice.

To be a real person, you must look up to the stars and seek the truth. In a sense, education is the process of inspiring students to dream and helping them realize their dreams. Therefore, it must not be eager for quick success, opportunistic, or impetuous.

To be a real person, you must distinguish right from wrong and dare to take responsibility. Throughout life, people need to assume certain responsibilities and obligations to themselves, others, and society. It doesn’t matter how capable or capable a person is. What matters is that one must be able to distinguish right from wrong, boldly support kindness and justice, resolutely resist falsehood and ugliness, and dare to take responsibility. Have good intentions and a broad mind, rather than staying away from the matter with the indifference of a "bystander".

To be a real person, you must adapt to circumstances and be good at creation. Reform and innovation are the inexhaustible driving force for the development and progress of our various undertakings. Traditional education has its essence, and the development of the times has its own characteristics. Adhering to reform and innovation means dialectically inheriting, adapting to timely changes, never being stagnant and rigid, having the spirit of being brave and pioneering, adapting to the times, places and people, and creating a development path suitable for the actual situation of the local school.

The word "truth" is so unpretentious that it is almost simple, but as long as we work hard on the word "truth" and "pursuing the truth and learning to be a real person" becomes a universal value recognition and practice, society will become better. .

Tao Xingzhi proposed that the fundamental task of moral education is to "teach people to seek truth" and "learn to be a real person." He pointed out that "the teacher's duty is to "teach thousands of things and teach people to seek truth;" the student's duty is to "learn thousands of things and learn to be a real person."

Tao Xingzhi believes that cultivating talents does not depend on the form but on the actual true ability. He said that teachers who "teach people to seek truth" are first-class educators. This requires two elements: "First, they have true knowledge and insights; second, they are willing to tell the truth, dare to refute lies, and do not lie." ②Teachers To teach people to pursue the truth, we should first teach them to pursue the truth regardless of their own safety and not to be "hypocrites". Hypocrites are moved by fame and fortune and will lose their most precious personality in life and "perform thousands of false appearances", while real people seek truth and knowledge. , tell the truth and act realistically, you can be inseparable from poverty, wealth from lust, power from submission, and beauty from touch. Students' learning is to pursue the truth and be a real person, not to pursue false fame, but to learn to work for the country and society. true ability. At the end of 1940, Tao Xiaoguang, the son of Tao Xingzhi, went to work in a radio factory in Chengdu. The factory asked for a qualification certificate. Since Tao Xiaoguang did not have a formal education, he asked an acquaintance for a graduation certificate from Xiaozhuang School. After hearing the news, Tao Xingzhi thought it was inappropriate, so he telegraphed Xiaoguang to send back the certificate, and wrote to Xiaoguang: "We must adhere to the proposition of 'it is better to be a true scholar than to be a fake scholar'. If this is true, If the proof is not applicable, I would rather help the country with my own money instead of taking a salary... In short, "pursue the truth and be a real person" without any compromise... If you remember these seven words, they will be of endless use to you. I hope you will work hard. Cultivating in this aspect is true knowledge. "③ Tao Xingzhi believes that "talent" and "untalent" depend on whether the knowledge and knowledge are "true". The standard of true knowledge lies in whether it is truly achieved through hard study and practice. Tao Xingzhi believed that being loyal to the truth in scholarship must be loyal to the revolution in politics.

He said: "Learning and revolution are one thing, not two things." "Learning, no matter whether it is new or old, as long as it pursues the truth, is consistent with the spirit of revolution. If you trade knowledge, no matter whether it is new or old, you will be a traitor." Maybe...a person who can pursue the truth in knowledge can sacrifice his life in revolution." ④ Tao Xingzhi requires that a true person should be a "man among men" and not be "a man above others." He said that some people mistakenly think that we want to train some people here to get promoted and make money, and to stand above others. This is wrong. Our children all come from the common people, and they have to go back to the common people to use what they have learned. Contribute what they have gained to the people and bring benefits to the people; they are all educated by the country and nation, and they must use what they have learned to contribute to the entire country and nation and seek happiness for the entire country and nation; when they breathe in the world, they must What they learn helps transform the world for the benefit of humanity as a whole. ”

He believes that such people who are determined to benefit the common people and seek benefits for the entire human race can be rich and powerful without being promiscuous, poor and humble, and mighty and unyielding. This is the most fundamental thing about “being a human being” By the 1940s, Tao Xingzhi's concept of talent education further developed into the idea of ??"people-friendly". When he was running a social university, he pointed out: "The way of a university is to understand the morality of the people, to be close to the people, and to be attentive to the people." "To be happy," the so-called "being close to the people" means "to be close to the people." "We must get into the ranks of the people, get close to the people, and become their relatives, and we must make the people admit that we are indeed their relatives." From this It can be seen that the talents Tao Xingzhi wants to cultivate are consistent with the talent concept under the guidance of communist ideology. It is not only different from the scholar-bureaucrats in the feudal era who "learned and excelled", but also different from the bourgeoisie's pursuit of individuals.

Tao Xingzhi also believes that to guide the new generation to "learn to be real people", we must implement comprehensive training, which includes three elements

1) There must be A healthy body. With good health, we can stand firm in the material environment. Dear friends, you should be an eighty-year-old young man who can shoulder important responsibilities, not an eighteen-year-old old man.

(2) You must have an independent mind, be open-minded, think thoroughly, and have the ability to judge right from wrong.

(3) You must have an independent career. The purpose is to have an independent career. Profit making. People who make profit will naturally be rewarded by society. ⑦ These three elements actually involve moral, intellectual and physical education. In terms of knowledge education, they must not only have book knowledge, but also have flexible thinking. Thinking methods and practical skills, he emphasized that the way to learn is not to study rote books, but to "research everything." No matter what kind of occupation you plan to engage in, you must be able to use both your hands and your brain. "People who study agriculture must have a scientific mind and a farmer." hands; those who study engineering must also have a scientific mind and workers’ hands. Only in this way can he learn well. ”⑧ Only then can he have an independent career and be called a comprehensively developed person.

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On the road to shaping “real people”, he believes that only by It can only be realized in the practice of all human life.

He proposed the concept of talent cultivation that integrates teaching and doing, wisdom, benevolence and courage, knowledge and intention, and education and training. Tao Xingzhi said: "In emotions. To enable children to understand its meaning and methods through its regulation and enlightenment is at the same time an education of knowledge; to enable children to develop the feeling of pursuing the truth and to be able to work hard and pursue it, is at the same time an education of will. Will education is not to develop individual blind will, but to cultivate a will that is in line with social and historical development. The cultivation of reasonable will and correct knowledge education cannot be separated. ” ③ Tao Xingzhi advocates the implementation of education that combines wisdom, benevolence and courage. He believes that wisdom, benevolence and courage are important spiritual heritages in China and are still important indicators of perfect personal development in contemporary society. Both wisdom, benevolence and courage should be practiced throughout the education process. He Said: "Being kind without wisdom is the kindness of a coward; being brave without being wise is the courage of an ordinary man; being wise without kindness is the wisdom of a cunning person; being brave without kindness is the courage of a small weapon; being wise without being brave is the wisdom of a simple person; being wise without being brave is the wisdom of a simple person; being wise without being brave is the wisdom of a cunning person Words of kindness. ” ⑩ He also gave a new explanation for the meaning of wisdom, benevolence and courage, that is, “each student is required to have a heart of wisdom nourished in his personality, a passion for understanding the society and the public, and a spirit of self-sacrifice in serving the society and the public.”

In cultivating talents, Tao Xingzhi paid attention to overall education, which was also reflected in many aspects. For example, he criticized the tendency of school education at that time to separate training and education: "In modern Chinese schools, teaching and The separation of disciplines is a common phenomenon. Education seems to be teaching people to read, and discipline seems to be training people to behave or do things; education seems to be cultivating knowledge, and discipline seems to be training conduct; education seems to refer to so-called in-class activities, and discipline is training. It seems to refer to the so-called extracurricular activities. "This is a "horizontal split" education, which is a traditional idea that conflicts with life education. “The requirements of life education are: the whole life must have a whole education.” All aspects of student education are interrelated and inseparable. “Intellect and conduct are inseparable, thoughts and behaviors are inseparable, and in-class and extra-curricular activities are inseparable. Inseparable. Being a person and doing things are inseparable from reading, that is, education and training are inseparable."

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In terms of moral education methods, Tao Xingzhi advocated starting from small things and implementing strict requirements for talent education methods.

Tao Xingzhi himself was a person with lofty ideals and ambitions. He also put educating young people to establish lofty ideals and beliefs as the first priority in educating people. However, he believed that any beautiful ideals and beliefs should be "started from close by". To shape real people, we must start from small things, adhere to strict requirements, and educate young people to learn to meet and overcome difficulties from an early age. He once gave a speech to a man named Wu Libang. Children write letters. The title is "Be prepared to hit a nail with a steel head", telling the children that "when we work in society, we must be prepared to hit a nail" and "if the nail is made of iron, our scalp will be as hard as steel. As soon as the iron nail hits the steel The scalp becomes curved."

Tao Xingzhi’s training for students included all aspects. He once formulated the "Cross Secret" for the purpose of running Yucai School, which is: "One brain. Two strong hands. Three circles. Four keys." Five-way discussion. Seven (collective) collective creation. Ten (pledges) will be overcome. Students are required to use their brains and hands to cultivate their moral character and accumulate knowledge. Methods, good at thinking; we must have Tang Seng's spirit of overcoming the eighty-one difficulties. In order to make students improve their moral cultivation day by day, he put forward "four questions every day": The first question: Has my body made any progress? The second question is, has my knowledge improved? Question 3: Has my work made progress? Question 4: Have my morals improved? In order to facilitate students' practice, he formulated many specific codes of conduct. For Yucai School alone, there are "Etiquette and Conventions of Yucai Schools", "Twenty-nine Things to Do in the Education of Yucai Students", "How to Cultivate Sixteen Permanent Abilities", "Yucai School" "Twelve Essentials", "Twenty-nine Things to Do in Health Education for Talent Education", "Twenty-Three Essentials for Talent Education", "Twelve Essentials for Talent Education", etc. These behavioral normative trainings connect lofty goals with students' daily lives. Ensure the healthy growth of students.