The word "Chinese" on the cover of a Chinese book was inscribed by the famous educator Ye Shengtao. This scholar, known as an "excellent language artist", devoted his life to publishing and teaching Chinese.

1In June, 949, when the Textbook Editorial Committee of the Ministry of Education of the People's Government began to study general textbooks, Ye Shengtao once again proposed that "Mandarin" and "Chinese" should be combined and renamed as "Chinese". After this proposal was adopted, it was immediately spread to the whole country. Since then, "Chinese" has become a common name for mother tongue courses in primary and secondary schools.

Ye Shengtao's educational contribution;

Ye Shengtao's educational thought has made a unique and systematic contribution to the modern educational theory with China characteristics. This educational thought takes China's educational reform practice as the logical starting point, and forms China's educational reform theory of materialism and dialectics. In exploring and answering the practical problems of China's educational reform, he brilliantly and uniquely revealed the basic principles of modern education in China. In summing up and refining the practical experience of China's education reform, China's modern education and teaching theory has been developed and innovated.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Ye Shengtao