Education for Life

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. China in Transition

   • Xingzhi Tao

   Pages 1-3

3. Moral and Religious Instruction in China

   • Xingzhi Tao

   Pages 5-18

4. Education in China 1924

   • Xingzhi Tao

   Pages 19-44

5. China

   • Xingzhi Tao

   Pages 45-52

6. China (1938)

   • Xingzhi Tao

   Pages 53-64

7. The Village Education Movement in China

   • Xingzhi Tao

   Pages 65-73

8. MR. H. Chi’s New Contribution

   • Xingzhi Tao

   Pages 75-77

9. Creative Education

   • Xingzhi Tao

   Pages 79-81

10. The Little Teacher and the Literacy Movement

    • Xingzhi Tao

    Pages 83-84

11. The New Mass Education Movement

    • Xingzhi Tao

    Pages 85-86

12. China: The Mass Education Movement

    • Xingzhi Tao

    Pages 87-88

13. The People’s Education Movement in China

    • Xingzhi Tao

    Pages 89-99

14. War in China: Struggle for Liberty or Slavery

    • Xingzhi Tao

    Pages 101-102

15. Education for All

    • Xingzhi Tao

    Pages 103-109

16. Yu Tsai School for Talented Refugee Children

    • Xingzhi Tao

    Pages 111-115

17. Answers to Questions About Yu Tsai School

    • Xingzhi Tao

    Pages 117-119

18. Seeking Financial Aid from Foreign Friends for Yu Tsai School

    • Xingzhi Tao

    Pages 121-122

19. On “Creative Relief”

    • Xingzhi Tao

    Pages 123-124

20. My Résumé and My Plan of Life Career

    • Xingzhi Tao

    Pages 125-126

This book is an anthology of English writing on education by Tao Xingzhi, the great Chinese educator and thinker. It includes several articles that represent his educational ideas and life philosophy, such as China in Transition, Creative Education, The Little Teacher and the Literacy Movement, and Education for All. These works are not only highly readable, but also present educational philosophies that are closely related to real life, and can be used to highlight and correct the deviations of strongly utilitarian educational concepts in modern society. Further, the appendix includes stories, fables, and poems translated by Tao Xingzhi, as well as his own poems written in Chinese and translated into English. This book offers readers interested in education’s new perspectives and inspiration. It also contributes to a more comprehensive and accurate understanding of Tao Xingzhi as well as his educational theories. 

• Life and Education
• Tao Xingzhi
• Chinese Education Movements
• Philosophy of Education
• Educational Theories

• Beijing, China

  Xingzhi Tao

Tao Xingzhi (1891–1946) was a renowned Chinese educator and a reformer in the Republic of China mainland era. He studied at Teachers College, Columbia University, and returned to China to champion progressive education. His career in China as a liberal educator was not derivative of John Dewey, as some have alleged, but creative and adaptive. He returned to China at a time when the American influence was zesty and self-confident, and his very name at that time (Zhixing) meant "knowledge-action," reflecting the catchphrase of the Neo-Confucian philosopher Wang Yangming which implied that once knowledge (zhi) had been obtained, then action (xing) would be easy.

Policies and ethics