The Research About Children's Enlightenment Education In The Song Dynasty

This article carries out overall and delicate research on children's enlightenment education in the Song Dynasty in combination with the latest research on it. The article includes five points: the reason for the rising of children's enlightenment education of the Song Dynasty, basic form, contents and teaching materials, characteristics and the social effects about it.Compared with former times the children's enlightenment education of the Song Dynasty went into a new stage, it had many concluding theories and teaching materials. The reasons why it had so many changes were that: the ruler of the Song Dynasty wanted to tighten the control to the people on minds. The social of the Song Dynasty was very disordered, such as the peasants' revolts, the violent national contradictions. So, the ruler needed tighten the control on mind to confirm his domination better. The stage of the children's enlightenment education was the best stage to control the people's minds. The trend of study was very popular in the Song Dynasty. The phenomena was favourable to the popularization about the children's enlightenment education. Neo-Confucianism developed widely in the Song Dynasty, and the ethos and norms education which were centered on Neo-Confucianism became the important contents in the children's enlightenment education. The idea of the best students take offices was further strengthened, the aim of serving for the imperial examination system was made more clear than ever. The promotion of the printing which promoted the books' developments gave the material basic to the children's enlightenment education. At last, the children's stage was an important stage. The stage was the pivotal period that affected the people's ideation and memory. In consequence, the ruler would be certain to strengthen the development of the children's enlightenment education.On educative form, it created a very lively and integral system. The trinity of...