Research On Liang Qichao's Family Moral Education Thought

Liang Qichao is a famous thinker,politician and educator in modern Chinese history.He is known as “the literati and officialdom of the old age”,and also the “enlightener of the new age”.His thought covers a wide range,including politics,economy,philosophy and religion,etc.Among all,his family moral educational thought has attracted most attention.Because under the influence of his unique family moral educational thought,Liang's family has achieved that “3academicians were cultivated from the family and all were talented”.The formation of Liang Qichao's family moral educational thought is the result of internal and external co-cultivation: on the one hand,it has inherited the family moral educational thought of thousands of year of China,on the other hand,it is deeply influenced by western moral thoughts such as autonomy and equality.Liang Qichao hoped that through the moral education on his children,they will form a life creed with half farm work and half study,a life purpose of focusing on virtue and knowledge education,and a fearless personality.So that they can form a perfect personality and eventually become extraordinary.Because of this,the ideological system has a rich connotation,which includes the“personal morals” of being a good man,setting life goals,following true intentions and cultivating goodness;adherence to the family virtues of the pool scholars and living in a harmonious family.It also includes the professional ethics of dedication and working in contentment,and the“public morals” of loving others and rewarding society.What compliments the rich connotation of family moral education is Liang Qichao's various approaches of education: setting himself as model,educating others with emotions,teaching with fun,etc.Liang Qichaointegrates the rich contents with appropriate approaches,to make family moral education achieve good results.The current situation of family moral education in contemporary China is not optimistic.It mainly manifests in the imperfect educational contents and inappropriate methods,etc.The research on Liang Qichao's family moral educational thought can help parents to clarify the contents covered in family moral education,and effectively improve the educational methods.Although there are differences in the background of old and new family moral education,the essential parts of Liang Qichao's ideas are still of great value in solving the problems of contemporary family moral education.