Study On Zeng Guofan's Family Ethical Education Thought

Zeng Guofan was an prominent scholar and statesman in Chinese contemporary history. There are many different comments on him especially on his political thoughts over more than 100 years. Someone praise and someone criticize . But the ideas about his family ethical education have been winning the high and unanimous approval.The Zeng Guofan families' ethical education ideas were formed in a profound historical background and on a solid theoretical basis. Royal government's corruption, economic slump and "the East Western" cultural challenge is the historical background that formed his ideas of family ethics education. Developing the good aspects and discarding the bad aspects of ethical ideas of Confucianism and Taoism, Improvement to traditional family instruction, Inheritance to Zeng's Family Style, the summary of experience to his own life is the theoretical basis that formed the family education ideas.Zeng Guofan family education ideas are rich in content. Its main content is as follows: Firstly, the Xiaoti ethics education ideas, including the family of Auspicious Xiao You, your body filial piety, your brothers and three aspects of harmony and the other is thinking of learning ethics education, including reading to Mingli , Determined to Youheng your learning, learning to defend "the" tactics, self-learning and four times ;in the third place, it is Life ethics education thinking, "Careful Reading, Lord King, self-discipline, autonomy", I am afraid "Life term tactics, and strong in the study were not winners, do not respect the slow and distant relatives and close neighbors; the fourth is economical ethics education thinking, including hard work rather than laziness, Reading, quitting extravagance, for Cold-Family Style, ready to help, be in control of the rich and the poor, money can not be stored for the next generations.Zeng Guofan succeeded in family education owing to his use of the unique educational methods, such as: Teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, responsibility, setting up examples for the next generations, checking oneself. Comparing with the figures of the same times, his family education ideas own the characteristics of thinking of re-education character education, Shi Zhiyong of the re-learn, re-quality education.Zeng Guofan family education ideology formed in the feudal autocracy and self-sufficiency of small-scale peasant economy, so it is inevitable that it has times and class limitations. But his "pro-love, pro-respect, respect for the old"thinking, "Germany attaches importance to education, Tak Chee keep abreast of the times" and "Science modest, well-him King," "emphasizing morality and education, warning extravagance not laziness" thinking are advocating and promoting, "we should be responsible to put their lives as an example" method of education is also worthy of recognition and reference. Therefore, treating Zeng Guofan family education ideas, we should use the perspective of historical materialism to critically inherit and development it.