The fundamental purpose of education is to make people become real people, not anything else. When a person is knowledgeable only through education, but even the most basic qualities of a person are lacking, then his whole education is a failure; We are learning a lot of knowledge every day, but only by learning to be a man can we really master other knowledge and make it useful to society.

Source: Tao Zhixing's famous sayings and educational views.

Tao Zhihang:

Tao Xingzhi (189118-1946 July 25th), a native of Shexian county, Anhui province, is an educator, thinker, great democratic fighter and patriot of China, China People's Salvation Association and China Democratic League.

Mr. Tao Xingzhi devoted his life to education and made a pioneering contribution to the modernization of education in China. He not only established a complete educational theory system, but also carried out a lot of educational practice.

After a close study of Tao Xingzhi's educational thought, innovation is like a dollar, which runs through all parts of Tao Xingzhi's educational thought. Innovation here refers to getting rid of the "old" that does not meet the needs of the development of the times and creating the "new" that conforms to the social and historical progress. Innovation also has the significance of breaking idols, superstitions, dogmas and rigid habitual thinking.

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Another famous saying of Tao Zhihang:

Education can't create anything, but it can stimulate children's creativity and engage in creative work. ? -Tao Xingzhi

Both hands and brain are the purpose of creative education. The countermeasure of China's educational revolution is to unite hands and brains. ? -Tao Xingzhi

Living talent education is not to instill knowledge, but to give students as many keys as we know to develop cultural treasures. -Tao Xingzhi

Education for the public and the world for the public. ? -Tao Xingzhi

Originally, my career was neither big nor small; Big things and small things, big things become small things; When the little things are done, the little things become big things. -Tao Xingzhi

Teachers must have healthy bodies, farmers' skills, scientific minds, artistic interests and the spirit of reforming society. -Tao Xingzhi

Hard work is the mother of all inventions. Everything is hard on labor and becomes the truth of the matter. ? -Tao Xingzhi

"Mr. Wang should not specialize in teaching. His duty is to teach people to be human. Students should not specialize in reading, his responsibility is to learn the way of life. " . ? -Tao Xingzhi

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