The so-called humanistic education refers to the humanistic education in the European Renaissance. This is an educational thought and practice advocated by progressive thinkers and educators at that time. Starting from the interests of the emerging bourgeoisie and the theory of human nature, it broke through the rule of medieval scholasticism and church obscurantism education, praised people's value and strength, demanded freedom, equality and individual liberation, advocated the educational ideal of cultivating healthy, knowledgeable and versatile new people, and carried out educational innovation accordingly. It has important progressive significance in the history of modern education, and its basic spirit still has beneficial enlightenment to today's education. However, due to its historical limitations, its tendency to be divorced from reality in the subsequent development, and its increasing emphasis on mastering knowledge, this educational thought also had some adverse effects on European education at that time and later.