Jiang Hengyuan's "Combination Of Wealth And Education" Theory And Practice And Its Enlightenment To The Construction Of New Rural Areas

In the early 1930s, a large-scale village-building movement appeared in Chinese history. Jiang Hengyuan, one of the representatives of China Vocational Education Society, put forward the combination of wealth and education theory in countryside improving experiments, which took enriching and teaching farmers as the same important position. It made some positive and effective results in practice. Meanwhile, people began to explore and research Three Rural Issue and it had made some significant results.Jang Hengyuan was one of the important organizers of China Vocational Education Society,His theory of improving the rural areas played an very important role on Chinese education history. Its basic purpose was getting rid of Poverty, stupid weakness, casual, It persisted that wealth and education were the same important .It reduced the differences between general education and vocational education minimum. Jiang thought country education was the way to realize combination of wealth and education. Carrying out various activities through encouraging learning , Strengthening farmer's mental consciousness by founding a cooperative, Extending farm tools activities, Spreading practical knowledge; Carrying out social life education and promoting rural areas civilization and so on.Among the China Vocational Education Society experiments,The combination of wealth and education theory closely around the enrich and teach farmers two aspects. It was supported by local people and achieved a lot. It contributed to improving local farmers living conditions and made an effective. Firstly, the rural economy and the farmers living conditions had been developed and improved; secondly, It improved the level of education of local people; thirdly it developed the local health and protected farmers'health; fourthly, it purified the society and created a civilization.Jiang Hengyuan's combination of wealth and education theory had real significance in guiding the construction of new rural areas today .it requires us to subsidize agriculture with education, constructing organization of farmers learning, promoting the modernization of farmers themselves. To enrich farmers with education, improving peasant's ability of becoming rich, walk the road of enhancing agriculture by science and technology; To teach the farmers with education, improving farmer's living conditions, promoting rural areas civilization; To rule farmers with education, waking up the farmers independent consciousness, strengthening rural grass-roots democratic governance.