Comenius' theory of educational purpose first reflects the contradiction between religious view and secular view in his world view. He believes that the ultimate goal of education is to prepare people for eternal life. He inherited the viewpoint of the Bible, and his outlook on life is strongly religious. He believes that the real life of human beings is not the ultimate goal, but the ultimate goal of life is to move towards a higher stage, that is, eternal life. He confirmed that "secular life is only the preparation for eternal life, and its purpose is to make the soul take the body as the intermediary to prepare all kinds of useful materials for future life". At the same time, he believes that education has its secular purpose, and people should live a secular life. Comenius' view of secular life is contrary to that of Catholic monks. He does not treat secular life with negativity and abstinence, nor does he regard secular life as the source of darkness and evil, but understands it with a positive and optimistic spirit. He believes that the purpose of secular life is to create a happy life. Therefore, people's real life should be centered on their own service and enjoyment. The so-called service is to serve the society, the country and others. The so-called pleasure mainly refers to the happiness of the soul. In order to make life happy, soul happy and serve the society and the country, people should become rational animals and masters of everything. In other words, people should have all the knowledge and be able to use everything to serve mankind. In short, the training goal of education should be to train people into people with extensive knowledge and serve the motherland for life; The purpose of education is to give people knowledge, virtue and piety, and make people understand and use everything.

(B) On the role of education

Comenius spoke highly of the role of education. First of all, he thinks that education plays an important role in human development. Comenius accepted the influence of Renaissance humanism and thought that man is the most beautiful and perfect creation, so education can play a great role in man. He pointed out that people become human only because they received the proper education at the most suitable age, that is, childhood. He is convinced that "everyone can be a person." He believes that everyone has the intelligence to receive knowledge. If the intelligence is too low to receive education, "it is difficult to find one out of a thousand people". Even for such a person with extremely low intelligence, education can still play a certain role. "②

Secondly, he believes that education can promote social development. Comenius said: "Education is the main means to save mankind", "it is the wealth that educated people can use" and "it can reduce darkness, trouble and conflict in society".

Third, he attaches importance to children's differences and acquired education. Comenius spoke highly of the role of education, but also attached great importance to children's natural quality or quality differences. For these children with different qualities and personalities, teachers should "use appropriate training to make them virtuous", which he thinks is within our power. Comenius also thinks that "human beings are born eager for knowledge", but in fact some people lack the tendency to love learning, which is due to "parents' doting, the temptation of social environment and teachers' incompetence." He solemnly put forward: "Before imparting knowledge to students, a teacher must make students thirsty for knowledge and be able to receive teaching, so they are prepared to receive all kinds of education."