The Charitable Activities Researches Of Tang Wenzhi

Tang Wenzhi,a famous modern educator and master of Chinese culture,actively engaged in modern education.In addition,he is also a philanthropist,participating in various charity activities and devoting himself to the charity and public welfare.Under the influence of traditional Confucian benevolence thought,the Tang family's tradition of doing the good,the atmosphere of charity and kindness of the south of the Yangtze River,and the severe social environment,Tang Wenzhi grew the charitable thought of helping others,which ran through his life.Tang Wenzhi has repeatedly organized or participated in various forms of charitable activities,including disaster relief,donating money and goods,the establishment of relief organizations and so on.Relief areas covered not only his hometown Taicang,Wuxi,Chongming,but also Hunan,Henan and other places.Because Tang Wenzhi advocated "reform the hearts of people,save the lives of people ",he focused on educational philanthropy while doing poverty relief activities.Tang Wenzhi raised money to build the library of Shanghai Higher Industrial School,which was open to the general public.He had ever set up the Taicang Apprenticeship School to help poor children to receive education.During Tang Wenzhi served as the president of Shanghai Higher Industrial School and Wuxi Academy of the Traditional Chinese Culture,there were a lot of poor students who received the grants of him.Confronted with the social environment of moral degradation,Tang Wenzhi attached great importance to improving the social atmosphere and persuaded people to do good deeds.He wrote some articles such as Persuading people to donate clothes,rice,porridge,Persuading people to respect words,Persuading People to do good deeds and provide relief to others and so on.He educated people with the thought "good deeds bring good results".Tang wenzhi's social influence also had a certain impact on his charity activities.Tang Wenzhi's adopted various methods to finance for charitable activities,with the coexistence of traditional and modern form.His charitable thought and practice has directive significance for today's various charitable activities.