Western humanistic education thought originated from the European Renaissance and rose before the bourgeois revolution, paving the way for capitalism. Its basic educational ideas are: opposing feudal and scholastic education in the Middle Ages, advocating "people" as the center, liberating people's thoughts and feelings from the shackles of theology and cultivating new bourgeois people; Emphasize the all-round development of body and mind or personality, and pay equal attention to morality, intelligence and physique; Oppose the "Shinto" study in feudal education, advocate "humanistic" study, focus on classical languages and classical works, and learn some emerging natural sciences at the same time; Oppose forced discipline, cruel corporal punishment and rote memorization, emphasize respect for people's physical and mental characteristics and personality differences, and give play to people's enthusiasm and initiative in learning.