On The Educational Economic Thoughts Of The Pre-qin Philosophers

Educational economic ideology emerged in the education economy practice,which developed with the growing of economic,social,science and technology and production.In the period of priminitive,the clanlords teaching the farmers how to plant crops represented the germination of China's educational economic ideology.In the early days of the Shang and Zhou dynasties,the begining of all sorts of crafts marked the formal emergence of China's educational economic ideology.In Zhou dynasty and later,the six skills(music,archery,mathematics,ritual,chariot-riding and calligraphy)driven by the productive forces witnessed the development of China's educational economic ideology.In the Warring States period,the Pre-Qin philosophers of educational economic ideology had entered the molding stage,ushered the first peak of its development.The educational economic ideology of the Pre-Qin philosophers mainly includes Confucianism,Mohism,Taoism,Legalists and Military Strategists,the Yin-Yang School,Political Strategists,the Merchant School and others.During its development,the philosophers whether in the same school or not,they argued and competed with each other in various relevant areas as follows:educational income,educational opportunities,the quality of human composition,labor behavior norms,physical care,talents gain,but also communicate and coherent in terms of the identification of justice and benefit,to educate people after being wealthy,to educat people as their nature.Hence,it was total different from the ancient Greek philosophers,which were characterized by "think rationality" and "theoretical rationality".Confucian moral reason,Mohist instrumental rationality,or Taoist rationality of reflection,the practice of legalists rationality,are all pointing to real life with the characteristics of "practical rationality" and "life rationality".Under these characteristics,the educational economic ideology of the pre-Qin philosophers also embodied the distinctive features such as integrity,dialectics and human nature.The Pre-Qin philosophers' educational economic ideology was born in the Warring States period,which experienced great adjustment and reform.It was formed for several reasons,such as the triggering of the economy,the promotion of politics,the stimulation of culture and the creation of individuals.Of particular,economic development,technological progress and pluralistic economic structure put forward new demands on education,which led to the "marriage" of education and economy.In the context of political transformation,the scholar class was produced.The history gave the mission“to seek for good manners,good management skills and peace”to the scholar class.Therefore,they took "orthodoxy" as their own rule,maintaining spiritual independence as well as critically getting closer to the "political system".So that it could implement the ideal of peace to the reality of the transformation of "secularization".As a result,it established closer tie between education and economic;Meanwhile,academic shift led to private school generated,thus promoting the social function of education began to expand the economic field.At the same time,private school had brought unprecedented prosperity in the field of ideology,with the freedom of all kinds of ideological schools,educational economic ideology was also tended into mature throughout its development and integration;Under this background,the philosophers with talents in aspects of philosophy,education,economic transforming into the wisdom,educational economic ideologies with their own characteristics had been formed.The Pre-Qin philosophers established two ways of "inner holiness" and "outer king"for China's educational economic ideology.Through this,the ancient educational economic ideology was advanced,and was quiet and sometimes active.Many of the pre-Qin philosophers' educational economic ideologies were not only groundbreaking,but also very dynamic,which affected scholars of all periods.It is not only helpful to clarify the vague understanding of the ancient educational economic thoughts,to correct some of the shortcomings in the current research,but also to strengthen the national self-confidence of the development of disciplines,to form the national characteristics of the development of disciplines.Beside,make great contribution to the development of the world's education economics.