1. Pay attention to the cultivation of practical ability: Dong Zhongli emphasizes applying what he has learned, advocates integrating knowledge with practice and serving the society, pays attention to cultivating students' practical ability and application ability, and opposes empty book knowledge.

2. Attach importance to ideological education: Dong Zhongli advocates that education should first have correct values and outlook on life, attach importance to moral education and ideological education, and emphasize students' self-cultivation and personality shaping.

3. Advocating the golden mean: Dong Zhongshu advocates the golden mean and thinks that education should focus on balance and neutrality, avoid extremes and paranoia, and cultivate students' rational and comprehensive thinking ability.

4. Advocating personality development: Dong Zhongli advocates that education should focus on discovering and cultivating each student's personality and specialty, and encourage students to develop and create in their own way.

Dong Zhongli's educational thought has far-reaching influence and occupies an important position in the educational history of China. It not only had a far-reaching impact on the education in Ming Dynasty, but also had reference value for the development of China's ancient educational thoughts and modern educational ideas.