Tao Xingzhi’s short poems include "Encouragement to Self and Comrade", "Asking About Everything", "Unknown", "Poetry of Three Generations", "Chinese", "Children Are Not Little Songs", " One penny" etc.

Tao Xingzhi’s poems:

1. "Children are not little songs"

Everyone says that children are small,

Who knows that people are very careful.

If you look down on children,

you are even smaller than children.

2. "One Penny"

One penny for the public,

the common people are covered in sweat.

Comparing sweat to money,

It is easier to spend money than to sweat.

3. "Chinese"

I am Chinese,

I love China.

China is great now,

it will be great in the future!

4. "Unknown"

Come with a heart in your hands,

go without any grass.

5. "Poetry of Three Dynasties"

Action is Laozi,

Knowledge is son,

Creation is grandson.

About the author:

Tao Xingzhi, formerly known as Wen Jun, admired the Ming Dynasty philosopher Wang Yangming's theory of "unity of knowledge and action" during his college years, so he named it "Zhi Xing". Graduated from the Literature Department of Jinling University, he is an educator and thinker of the Chinese people, a great democratic fighter, a patriot, and one of the main leaders of the Chinese People's Salvation Association and the China Democratic League. He once served as the Academic Director of Nanjing Normal University and the Director-General of the China Education Improvement Society. He successively founded Xiaozhuang School, Life Education Club, Shanhai Engineering Group, Yucai School and Social University. He put forward three major propositions: "Life is education," "Society is school," and "Teaching and doing are integrated." Life education theory is the theoretical core of Tao Xingzhi's educational thoughts. Guo Moruo once praised: "Kong Zhongni two thousand years ago, Tao Xingzhi two thousand years later."

Famous Quotes:

1. If you sweat your own sweat, eat your own food, do your own thing, rely on people, heaven and ancestors, you are not considered a hero.

2. Education is for the common good and the world is for the common good.

3. People are like trees. We must make them grow as tall as possible. We cannot force them all to grow to the same height. They should seek equality at the footing and freedom at the beginning.

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

5. A good teacher does not teach or teach students, but teaches students to learn.

6. Everywhere is a place of creation, every day is a time of creation, and everyone is a creative person.

7. Thousands of teachings teach people to seek truth, and thousands of studies teach them to be real people.

Reference materials

Xia Deqing, Wu Suyue, Tao Xingzhi. Beijing: Qunyan Publishing House, 2014