Research On Chen Xianzhang's Educational Thought

Chen Xianzhang,a master of Xinxue in the Ming Dynasty,is a thinker and educator with pioneering and innovative spirit.He is praised as a "live Mencius" and "Lingnan one person" by later generations.He devoted his life to the cause of education and carried out a variety of lectures and practices.His educational ideas and methods provide an inexhaustible motive force for the reform and development of ideological and political education.Chen Xianzhang advocates "taking nature as the sect" and advocates poetry as the teaching.He puts forward the theory of "learning self-satisfaction" and "learning knowledge and doubting",opposes the social atmosphere of reading death books and mercenary,and strives to "regular customs and support the world".It has created the innovative style of Lingnan culture,created a system of minds with Lingnan characteristics,and got rid of the ideological constraints of Cheng and Zhu.Chen Xianzhang attaches great importance to the social value and significance of education,affirms the educational role of education,has the functions of preaching,winning people,and governing the world.He is determined to "learn and educate talents" for life and attaches great importance to basic education.Its educational philosophy contains the principle of teaching in accordance with the aptitude of the students,teaching and classless,proclaiming the Confucian tradition of honesty and goodness,the celebrity style of being honest and honest,the ideal of being a gentleman,and the harmonious pursuit of harmony between man and nature.He also pays attention to the cultivation of human morality,especially the interpretation of important moral contents such as "honesty","filial piety","loyalty and patriotism" and "qi festival",and forms a unique educational ideology.Judging from Chen Xianzhang's educational thoughts,his rich teaching experience and wisdom in the long-term lecture activities still shine the brilliance of materialist dialectics,especially for the healthy growth of today's young people.Meaning is a huge and precious asset left to future generations.