1, civilian education thought: Tao Xingzhi advocates saving the country through education, and he has begun to realize the significance of education to ordinary people. Tao Xingzhi took a positive action and took the first step, because Tao Xingzhi was deeply influenced by western democracy, and the previous education movements were all top-down reforms.

2. Rural education thought: Tao Xingzhi's rural education thought hopes to help people get rich, enlighten wisdom, enjoy civil rights and protect the nation through rural education. He proposed that education should be combined with politics to transform life by means of education, instead of just emphasizing the central position of education.

3. Popularize educational ideas: Tao Xingzhi organized various educational societies for saving the nation. He hopes to integrate the efforts of the whole people, spread the great crisis facing the Chinese nation, promote military courses, medical training and other courses in the engineering corps, and advocate mutual assistance.