Research On Chinese Korean Private Schools In Modern Yanbian

In the early 20th century,Chinese Koreans set up many private schools in Yanbian,most of which featured prominently anti-Japanese.In 1906,some anti-Japanese fighters led by Sangseol Lee set up Ruidian Private School in Longjing Village,which is the first Chinese Korean private school in modern times of China.It was aimed at fostering anti-Japanese talented people and launching new learning activities.Lacking in funds and interfered by Japan,the school was abolished eight years later.Although it hadn't been long since it was established,it made a big difference to the history of Chinese Korean education and marked the beginning of new-style schools.Afterwards,various schools were set up and emerged.Between 1907 and 1921,Changdong School,Guangcheng School,Mingdong School,Beiyi Middle School,Daqiu School,Zhengdong School,Enzhen Middle School,Dacheng Middle School,Mingxin Female Middle School,and so on appeared one after another.It was estimated in 1928 that in the early 20th century,the number of Chinese Korean private schools in the Three Provinces in Northeast of China reached 470.The number of teachers and students totaled 830 and 16929 at most respectively.The number of modern Chinese Korean private schools was 6.6 times more than that of pro-Japanese Chinese Korean private schools in northeast China.Due to intense conflict between China and Japan,the warlords in Northeast China adopted measures to limit and even eliminate the Chinese Korean education.Under such tough and complex circumstances,the Chinese Korean education still developed.The sponsors clearly defined anti-Japanese ideology and communicate with the local government actively in order to get the support from the government.Although Chinese Korean people who lived in the northeast of China led a poor life,they understood:Only if some anti-Japanese private schools are established,can they reform,foster the hardworking revolutionary army and realize national liberation.In the early 20th century,though Chinese Korean anti-Japanese national educational activities were suppressed and destroyed by Japan,Chinese Korean private schools fostered quantities of revolutionary soldiers.In the process of opposing Japanese colonial enslavement education,they not only made contributions to the continuation of national language and national culture,but also laid a solid foundation for the Communist Party of China to develop new democracy education after liberation in 1949.They also created superior conditions for Chinese Korean education ahead of other ethnic education after the founding of the People's Republic of China.The paper consists of 4 chapters,and Chapter One is about the emergence of the Chinese Korean settlement in Yanbian and the development of Chinese Korean private education.This chapter focuses on the formation of Yanbian Korean society and the process of traditional old-style private school education turning to modern school education.Chapter Two mainly introduces how Chinese Korean private schools in Yanbian resisted Japan's obstruction,force and repression.In the meanwhile,with the help of the enthusiastic people in Yanbian area,a large number of anti-Japanese talents who fought for national independence and to realize national liberation of Chinese Korean have been trained.Through the analysis of the teaching contents and training purposes of the Chinese Korean private schools,we can restore and enrich the overall picture of the struggle of Chinese Koreans' anti-Japanese history.Chapter Three is about the decline of Chinese Korean private schools and imperial education of Japan.After the Establishment of Puppet Manchuria,in order to control the Chinese Korean education,Japan began to rectify and reform private schools.First,promulgate reform decrees to manage Korean education in northeast China.Second,carry on imperialized education for local people and eliminate the people's fighting spirits and anti-Japanese consciousness in Yanbian.Chapter Four analyses the role of Chinese Korean private schools played in Chinese Korean society on the basis of summarizing Chapters Two and Three.The conclusion part analyses the traditional education of Chinese Korean old-style private schools,the establishment and decline of modern private schools.In the process of the emergence and development of private schools,Chinese Koreans received education and were influenced by new learning.Chinese Koreans initially set up a relatively systematic and complete set of new teaching system,which laid an important foundation for Chinese Korean ethnic education.In addition,private schools also played an important role in promoting the anti-Japanese national movement.