Confucianism is the founder of education in China, and its achievements will go down in history forever. According to Feng Youlan's research, Confucius was the first person to set up a private school in the history of China, which broke the barrier of official school and won the right to education for the children of ordinary people. Mencius clearly put forward the concept of education for the first time, taking education as one of the "three pleasures" of a gentleman. "Parents exist, brothers have no reason, one is happy; Yang is worthy of the sky, regardless of people, but also happy; If you are educated by talents in the world, you will have three pleasures. " Confucius and Mencius have rich educational experience. Confucius is "three thousand disciples, seventy-two sages"; Mencius said, "There are dozens of chariots and hundreds of people behind them to carry food to the princes." On the basis of profound practice, Confucius and Mencius formed a systematic and complete educational thought, which had a great and far-reaching impact on the development of the Chinese nation and its cultural and educational undertakings.

Education is an important part of political rule. At any time, education does not exist in isolation, but is an organic part of the whole social system. Confucius didn't simply talk about education, but looked at education from the perspective of social politics and economy, and thought that education was a necessary link in governing the country and securing the country. Confucius said,' it's plain!' You Ran said,' If you are an ordinary person, why bother?' Say, "rich." Say,' If you are rich, why bother?' Say, "teach it." Mencius summed up the historical experience and thought that education was an important part of political rule, and Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties all "set up schools to teach them". If you are embarrassed, give it up. Learn and teach. Order, shoot also. The school has, Xu and Zhou; Knowledge is shared by three generations, so it is also an ethical issue. People are at the top, and Wang is close to the bottom. "Mencius paid special attention to the relationship between education and economy, and believed that only when the economy developed and the people were well fed and clothed could education be run well. He even thinks that education is the best politics. " Kindness is not as good as benevolence, and good governance is not as good as good education. Good governance is feared by the people; Good teaching, people like it. Good governance gains people's wealth, and good education wins people's hearts. "