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A comparison between Chinese and English gentleman education
The comparison between British gentleman education and China gentleman education is as follows:

1, in total:

They all emphasize morality and attach importance to moral education. China's traditional education has always been centered on moral cultivation and education, especially Confucianism, which emphasizes "morality and courtesy" for the educated. Gentleman education in Britain also emphasizes the importance of virtue. Locke believes that moral concept comes from education and living environment, but denies natural concept and divine revelation.

Are based on all-round development. Locke expounded the cultivation of a gentleman from three aspects: morality, intelligence and physique. The traditional gentleman education in China has always been people-oriented and attached great importance to people's all-round development. The content of education is embodied in art, that is, "poetry, books, rituals, music, shooting and imperial".

2. Differences:

Gentleman's etiquette education emphasizes introspection, while gentleman's etiquette education emphasizes externalization. China traditional gentleman pays attention to inner cultivation. Self-examination is mainly about how a gentleman should treat people in the relationship between people. Comparatively speaking, gentleman education pays attention to "being an outsider" and pays attention to the acquisition and application of experience.

Educational purpose. Gentleman education emphasizes that people can love and enjoy life, and the ultimate belief points to God. Locke thinks that we should cultivate students' good learning attitude and improve their ability. Confucius' education object is oriented to the public, adhering to the principle of "teaching without class", "I can teach myself without problem", as long as I pay the tuition fee symbolically.

The concepts of gentleman education and gentleman education;

/kloc-Locke, a famous British educator in the 0 th and 7 th centuries, put forward a complete ideological system of gentleman education in his masterpiece "Random Talk on Education". He advocates cultivating a kind of "gentleman"-"virtue, utility and ability", which has four characteristics: "virtue, wisdom, courtesy and knowledge".

The word "gentleman" first appeared in the Book of Changes: "Heaven is healthy, and a gentleman strives for self-improvement", which means a virtuous, energetic and capable saint. The original meaning of a gentleman is "the son of a monarch". During the Zhou Dynasty in China, the Emperor of Zhou enfeoffed the governors and established the country. A warlord is a gentleman, and a gentleman is a gentleman.

The traditional gentleman education in China originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was formed in the feudal period. With Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's "ousting a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone", gentlemen and their related educational traditions have had a far-reaching impact on China's education for more than two thousand years.