"I dare say that the reason why ordinary people are good and bad, useful and useless, nine times out of ten is caused by education. The differences between people are all due to the differences in education. " This is a passage from Locke, a famous educator, in Random Talk on Education. He advocated "gentleman education", that is, to explore the education of the children of the British bourgeoisie and new noble, so that they can receive education combining physical education, moral education and intellectual education, so that they can have healthy bodies, noble morality and extraordinary intelligence.

Random Talk on Education was compiled from several letters Locke wrote to his friends to discuss children's education during his exile in the Netherlands, and was published in 1693. Locke doesn't use too many flowery words to decorate sentences in this book, but uses easy-to-understand sentences to express his educational thoughts. In the process of reading this book, you will find that Locke used many practical examples to demonstrate his views, especially on moral education.

Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. Locke's view of "gentleman education" came from life, was close to life, and was used in life, which made "gentleman education" occupy a place at that time. The educational thought expressed in Random Talk on Education was suitable for the cultivation of gentlemen by the upstarts of the British bourgeoisie at that time. Therefore, Random Talk on Education also occupies an important position in the history of modern education. Random Talk on Education discusses how to cultivate "gentlemen" from three aspects: health education, moral education and knowledge and skills education. For the first time in the history of western education, education is divided into three parts: physical education, moral education and intellectual education.