A Comparative Study Of Fu Shan’s And Gu Yanwu’s Educational Thoughts

Fu Shan and Gu Yanwu were born in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties of China.Their academic thoughts and noble character were prestigious and influential.As the two chinese scholors in the same era,Fu Shan and Gu Yanwu have many similarities in life,experience,philosophy,classics,history,ancient phonology,education and other aspects,and also have their own characteristics.Through the comparison of the background,purpose,goal,method,study and moral education of the two people’s educational thoughts,this paper tries to understand their similarities and explain the different life choices of Fushan and Gu Yanwu,so as to provide reference and Enlightenment for the solution of some current educational problems.The first part of the introduction mainly introduces the reason,purpose,current situation,methods,difficulties and innovations of the research,especially the related research of Fu Shan and Gu Yanwu.The second part discusses the lifetime and communication of Fu Shan and Gu Yanwu.Both of them have the family learning tradition of reading and writing,the educational experience of private school,and their educational thoughts are influenced by the practical learning style at that time.The differences are reflected in the origin of family studies.Fu Shan family studies paid more attention to reading and family inheritance,which is an important reason for his educational thoughts based on family instructions.While Gu Yanwu family studies paid more attention to reading and writing,it was influenced by the social situation at that time and closely combined with the times.Secondly,the educational experience of “San Li Academy”and “Fu She” makes the main educational thoughts of Fu Shan and Gu Yanwu moveing a great step forward from traditional Confucian classics to practical ideology.In addition,both of them emphasizing practical learning,but compared with Gu Yanwu,Fu Shan’s research methods are not as scientific as the former.Finally,Fu Shan,who advocates the equality of classics and various academic schools,does not stick to some doctrines when educating his nephew’s descendants,but treats them with an open attitude Gu Yanwu,who advocated Confucian classics and Taoism,naturally inherited the Confucian high demand for "ordering the country and giving peace to the world ",and his educational thoughts were everywhere teaching the scholars to take the responsibility of "salvation" have contribution to the society.The third part is the main body of the article,first of all,it introduces the education objects in the education thoughts of Fu Shan and Gu Yanwu.Fu Shan’s education objects are aimed at his descendants,especially his nephews and grandchildren.Gu Yanwu is aimed at the people all over the world.Secondly,Fu Shan’s education aims at cultivating the national integrity of his descendants,while Gu Yanwu is the action guide of his education based on "Salvation" There are many similarities between the two in their thoughts of academic research.They both attach great importance to literary works.Poetic thoughts and emotions are closely combined.But in the thoughts of calligraphy,Fushan is unique and has achieved a lot.Gu Yanwu takes calligraphy as a small skill,not too much attemtion.Finally,in the thoughts of moral education,both of them have constructed their own moral educational thoughts based on patriotic feelings,but there are many differences.Fu Shan’s education object is limited to his family,and the overall requirement is high.Gu Yanwu considers the actual needs,and determines the lowest moral bottom line for the public.The fourth part mainly evaluates the educational thoughts of Fu Shan and Gu Yanwu.First of all,it affirms the historical significance of their education thoughts.Fu Shan’s education thoughts not only cultivate outstanding descendants,but also create a good family culture passed down from generation to generation.Gu Yanwu’s educational thought has been favored by people with lofty ideals and played an important role in the ideological liberation movement and social reform movement of the late Qing Dynasty.Secondly,it focuses on the enlightenment of Fu Shan’s and Gu Yanwu’s educational thoughts on the development of education in our country.The educational thought of the two people has important enlightenment for the current patriotic education,the development of family education,the establishment of students’ main body in school education and the flexible use of teaching methods,and even to reduce or even eliminate the occurrence of academic misconduct.At last,the author explains the limitations of Fu Shan’s and Gu Yanwu’s educational thoughts,and points out that their educational methods and teaching ideas have limitations on the adaptation of the current educational development.The last part of the conclusion summarizes the similarities and differences of Fu Shan’s and Gu Yanwu’s educational thoughts,and further concludes that Fu Shan’s choice of "Break free from thebondage of the world" is with hatred and cynicism of his country’s subjugation.While he educates his descendants,he also expresses his injustice in his heart,which is an escape attitude towards life.Gu Yanwu’s choice of "Devote himself to the world" is beyond the limitation of "going out of the country",standing on From the perspective of "protecting the world",it calls for the social responsibility of the whole society from the beginning to the end,which is a positive attitude towards life.