Secondly, from the purpose of general education, such as: "General education refers to non-professional and non-professional education, aiming at cultivating sound individuals and sound citizens in a free society"; "The idea of general education in universities should be to cultivate high-level civilized education and complete human nature education with broad vision, knowledge, liberal arts spirit and good feelings"; "General education aims at inculcating a good attitude and understanding of citizens in students" and so on. This definition emphasizes that general education is an education that pays attention to the harmonious development of human life, morality, emotion and reason.
Thirdly, the content of general education is discussed. For example, "give young people aged 20-25 an accurate and general knowledge about all subjects of interest to mankind"; "General education is an education that makes students familiar with the facts in the main knowledge fields". According to this definition, general education is the education of knowledge and skills in all fields of people's lives, and it is the education of knowledge and ability that is non-professional, non-professional, non-utilitarian and does not directly prepare for occupation, involving a wide range and strong comprehensiveness.