Third, the core disciplines of humanities education: literature, history, philosophy, art and other humanities. It is true that the vision of humanistic education here is on the overall cultural view, that is, it is not limited to the scope of subject knowledge, but also involves cultural atmosphere and student experience; Discipline is not limited to humanities, but also includes the essence of human understanding of nature, society and self precipitated in the fields of natural science and social science, from which people can get wisdom enlightenment and spiritual impact; And all this, through its layers of shells, goes deep into the core to absorb spiritual nutrients. This has been discussed before. One question to be discussed here is: as far as discipline is concerned, what is the core discipline of humanities education? The answer is: philosophy, literature, history, art and other humanities. That is to say, although humanities education involves a wide range of knowledge of human culture and various implementation methods, as far as the subject scope is concerned, it still has its own core disciplines, namely philosophy, literature, history, art and other humanities. This is because: 1. Humanities has a unique research object. There is a passage in the explanation of the Encyclopedia of International Education: "Humanities studies the history of human activities and observes the objects shaped by human experience and imagination. The study of philosophy, the interpretation of literature and history, and the criticism of art, music and opera are all exploring the limits, depth and ability of the human spirit. " ⑤ The British Concise Encyclopedia also pointed out: "It is generally believed that the humanities constitute a unique knowledge, that is, the humanities about human values and spiritual expression." As far as modern disciplines are concerned, humanities mainly include social sciences with humanistic content or using humanistic methods such as language, literature, history, philosophy and art. In a word, the humanities has a unique research object, which constitutes a special kind of knowledge and is a discipline that studies human values and spiritual expressions. As Mr. Du Weiming said, "the true emotion of literature, the collective memory of history, the wisdom of philosophy and the ultimate concern of religion are all academic fields closely related to human existence, human existence and significance." The achievements in this academic field, especially cultural classics, are undoubtedly rare teaching materials about humanities education. 2. Humanities has a unique way of thinking and research methods. The way of thinking of humanities is different from natural science and social science, which is determined by its specific research object. This particular research object-people, people's value, people's spirit and people's spiritual world-has some particularity or individuality, so it is difficult to carry out experiments repeatedly like natural science and adopt a completely quantitative analysis method, because humanistic social phenomena contain people's thoughts, feelings and values, and are individual and inaccurate, so it is impossible to describe and analyze them purely objectively. Therefore, understanding, interpretation, reflection, experience and sentiment are its fundamental research methods. It is this mode of thinking and research method that helps people to know themselves, understand others and deal with interpersonal relationships and various complex problems in society with a correct attitude. 3. Humanities has a unique social critical function and critical spirit. One of the important functions of a university is its social criticism function. This function is embodied in every discipline, especially the humanities. As Mr. Du Weiming pointed out, "the humanities have the greatest potential to play this social function." (8) Philosophy reveals the profundity of problems, literature portrays the characters in a bitter way, and historical records are ruthless, which is unmatched by other disciplines. Therefore, the humanities has the most direct and far-reaching influence on people's mind, the formation of people's critical spirit, the promotion of human nature and the shaping of personality.