An Exploration Of The Educational Thoughts In Yi Zhuan

The target of thesis focus on an exploration of the educational thoughts in Yi Zhuan.Zhou Yi include Yi Jing and Yi Zhuan, Yi Zhuan is the earliest monograph which gives explanation of Yi Jing. It includes seven kinds and ten parts:Tuan Zhuan(two parts), Xiang Zhuan(two parts), Xi Ci(two parts), Wenyan Zhuan, Xugua Zhuan, Shuogua Zhuan, Zagua Zhuan. It's difficulty to distinguish educational thoughts from history, philosophical, cultural, educational and other thoughts. The academic community also not paid enough attention. But if we dispel the layers of fog, then chewed and digested, there were rich of special educational thoughts.There are three popular sayings in the western countries about the origin of the education:origin in biology, origin in psychology and origin in labour. Through Yi Zhuan, we can see our traditional views about the origin of the education is different from the western's. Education which is peculiar to mankind origins from adapting to the nature needs and the social needs. It sounds more reasonable.Pre-Qin emphasised on personality education and this also reflected in Yi Zhuan. Gentleman and Sage have surfaced many times to express pursing Ideal Personality. Also It narratives ways from Gentleman to Sage. Besides, Yi Zhuan also put forward hexagram Kui and feeling which reflected interconnected dialectical unity of methodological analysis education process. With the guidance of the education principle-fit, it put forward many valuable self education methods and teaching methods.Family moral and ethic education is a characteristic part in Yi Zhuan. It puts forward father and son, brother and sister, husband and wife, what's their position, requirements and responsibility in their families. It also puts forward things should be educated and educate to be fit, it elaborates the necessity and effective of education for all the children.Either the style of expressions or its content, the educational thoughts in Yi Zhuan are unique style of his own compare with contemporaries works such as Xue Ji, Da Xue, Zhong Yong, Yue Ji. They all together summarize every aspects of educational thoughts of Pre-Qin period. They created conditions for its development and transmission had a great influence on education in ancient China.