A Study Of "Setting Up Schools During Chongning Period"

On the later stage of Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Huizong and Primer Minister Cai Jing raised a gigantic and vigorous movement of setting up schools, the aim of which they claimed was to inherit the unfulfilled wish of Emperor Shenzong and Wang Anshi's Reform. This movement is called "Setting up Schools During Chongning Period". This movement has deep and complicated historical background and social terms. At the same time, a series of reforms carried on toward education system, have not only brought a far-reaching influence on the society at that time, but also produced a far-reaching influence on the development of the education system on the later stage of ancient society of China. This paper attempts to do some analysis in every aspect in "Setting up Schools During Chongning Period". There are four sections in the paper. Section I:the historical background and social terms of "Setting up Schools During Chongning Period". In this section, an introduction is made firstly to the historical background from four aspects. Then three direct social terms are explained for "Setting up Schools During Chongning Period". Section II:the content and system innovation of "Setting up Schools During Chongning Period". This section renders a successive investigation of the content and system innovation of "Setting up Schools During Chongning Period"from seven aspects. Section III:the role and historical status of "Setting up Schools During Chongning Period". This section makes an analysis on the role and historical status of "Setting up Schools During Chongning Period"from two aspects, which are positive and negative effects. Section IV:the conclusion. This section summarizes full texts, and points out the profound reasons why both positive and negative effects of "Setting up Schools During Chongning Period"are very distinct.