Between the Nature and the Man:The Significance of Civilization in Chinese Education
The philosophical basis of individual's being human opened in classical China is the unity of the man and the nature.Based on it,the basic life spirit of the Chinese people is self-improvement and moral commitment;the development of the individual's being hu-man is to sense the world through his body,and let the world melt into himself,gradually o-pening a constant way of self-life development.The unity of the man and the nature not only gives the basic form of individual's being human,but also gives the fundamental motivation and ultimate goal of individual's being human."Xing in poetry,standing in ceremony,and becoming in music"is the educational path that individuals tend to the unity of the man and the nature.The basic goal of the individual's being human in today's China is to be"modern Chinese based on tradition"and to guide the younger generation to become better people in the way of the new Chinese.To be a better Chinese,to be a better person,is to create a new civilization in the Chinese way.
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