Wang Guowei's View on Music Education:Succession and Renewed Interpretation to "Yue Jiao" Tradition
Wang Guowei attaches great importance to music education.His view on music education reflects the trend of cultivating"complete figures"of the times.He inherits the Confucian tradition of educating people through music ( Yue Jiao) .Influenced by Schopenhauer's philosophy which focuses on the pure value of"art",he emphasizes the aesthetic attributes of music education,and thus provides a new interpretation to"Yue Jiao".In the case of emerging"school songs"in education,Wang Guowei takes singing course at primary school as an example to point out the function of music education in enhancing knowledge,harmonizing emotion and boosting morality.Wang Guowei's view on music education has endowed traditional"Yue Jiao"with new meanings of the times.